Black Phoebe
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Size
Length: ??cm (5.75in), Wingspan: ??cm (??in)
Field Marks
Adult: Black head, breast, back, wings and tail, white belly and undertail coverts. Lacks wing bars. Juveniles: Dark gray with some brown edges to upperparts.
Similar species
The Black Phoebe is quite distinctive.
Sounds
Its songs is a series of phrases, rendered sisee and sitsew, and its call is similar to that of the Eastern Phoebe.
Feeding & Behavior
Like other phoebes, it continually wags its tail when perched, and waits on open perches before flying out to catch insects.
Habitat & Nesting
This species also spends more time along streams and ponds than the other phoebe species,
Range
Western North America, from southwestern Oregon and California to west Texas and northern Mexico. Not migratory but stays in its range year-round.
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