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 LC    Say's Phoebe* Id (Atlas):
    Sayornis saya

Description (10)
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Family
Tyrannidae (Tyrant-flycatchers)

Size
11 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Bonaparte, 1825)

Habitat
Temperate grassland. From sea-level - 2,850 m.

Range (Guide)
Canada, Mexico, USA (B).

Vagrant to Bermuda, St Pierre and Miquelon (NB).

Population
Estimated population is 4,000,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (82)...)

 
Say's Phoebe (Sayornis saya) [XC367883]
     by Bobby Wilcox from Hidden Valley Campground, Joshua Tree National Park, California, United States (song)

 
Say's Phoebe (Sayornis saya) [XC593009]
     by Isain Contreras Rodr\u00edguez from Tl\u00e1huac, Mexico City, Mexico (call)

Subspecies
Taxonomy yet to be fully resolved, and analysis confounded by problems of wear and fading in museum specimens. Geographical variation in colour weak, perhaps clinal, with paler coloration in arid environments. Birds from Alaska and north-western Canada described as subspecies yukonensis and those of Mexican Plateau as pallida; both merged with nominate, although further research may indicate that one or both should be upheld.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

  • saya (Bonaparte, 1825)   -  Northern Alaska south through western and west-central USA to central Mexico. Winters from southern USA (California east to Texas) south to central and southern Mexico.
  • quiescens Grinnell, 1926   -  North-western Mexico (northern Baja California and Cedros I).



References
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Files:
JPG files for Says Phoebe (Sayornis saya) - 10 files


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