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Black Phoebe

Sayornis nigricans ORDER: PASSERIFORMES FAMILY: TYRANNIDAE

IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern

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Black Phoebe Photo

© Marie Read

A small black-and-white flycatcher of the Southwest, the Black Phoebe is often found around people, but nearly always near water.

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Calls

  • call
    Recorded by Geoffrey A. Keller
    • Courtesy of Macaulay Library
    © Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Song a broken series of whistled phrases. Each phrase made of two notes, the second downslurred. "Tee-hee, Tee-hoo."

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