Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Phoebe
Adult
- Stocky and long-tailed with thin, flattened bill
- Cream-colored breast and belly
- Dark head and paler gray back and wings
- © Stephen Ramirez, TX, Clear Creek, January 2010
Eastern Phoebe
Juvenile
- Stocky and long-tailed flycatcher
- Dark gray above, pale yellow belly
- Smudgy gray chest
- © Kelly Colgan Azar, PA, Chester County, July 2011
Eastern Phoebe
Adult
- Stocky and long-tailed flycatcher
- Dark head
- Pale gray back and wings
- Faint wing-bars sometimes visible
- © Roy Brown Photography, GA, Ellijay, December 2009
Eastern Phoebe
Juvenile
- Larger flycatcher with relatively long tail
- Juvenile shows more yellow on belly than adult, paler head
- Smudgy gray breast
- Gray back and wings
- © Stephen Pollard, TX, November 2008
Eastern Phoebe
Adult
- Larger, long-tailed flycatcher
- Dark head, paler olive-gray on back and wings
- White to off-white underparts with gray on sides of chest
- Thin, flattened bill
- © Kelly Colgan Azar, PA, Chester County, March 2011
Eastern Phoebe
Juvenile
- Stockier and longer-tailed than other small flycatchers
- Pale olive-gray back and wings
- Juvenile shows yellow belly and smudgy gray breast
- Faint buffy wing bars
- © Victor Fazio, OK, Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, May 2008
Similar Species
Adult
- Similar in size/shape to Eastern Phoebe, but with longer tail
- Distinctive buffy-orange belly and under-tail
- Dull orange visible under wings when in flight
- Ashier gray on head and breast
- © Ganesh Jayaraman, Coyote Valley, CA, January 2010
Adult
- Similar in size to Eastern Phoebe, but with distinct peaked crown
- Entirely black head and breast
- Dark gray back and wings
- Contrasting snowy-white belly
- © Lois Manowitz, Tucson, AZ, December 2009
Adult male Slate-colored
- Stockier than Easter Phoebe
- Pinkish conical bill
- Shorter, more rounded wings
- © Gary Mueller, Rolla, MO, February 2007
Adult
- Smaller and more slender than Eastern Phoebe
- Peaked crown
- Broad white wing-bars
- Dusky olive back and head
- © Kelly Colgan Azar, PA, June 2011
Adult
- Smaller and more compact than Eastern Phoebe
- Peak at rear of crown
- White throat contrasts with brownish olive face and back
- White wing-bars
- © Kelly Colgan Azar, PA, June 2011
Adult
- Very small and compact
- White eye-ring and wing-bars
- Short wings and short, narrow tail
- Mostly grayish with dull olive on back
- © Cameron Rognan, Sapsucker Woods, Ithaca, NY, August 2008