Species: Sayornis saya
Say's Phoebe
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Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Craniata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Tyrannidae
Genus
Sayornis
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Classification
Other Global Common Names
Papamoscas Llanero - moucherolle à ventre roux
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Vertebrates - Birds - Perching Birds
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Craniata - Aves - Passeriformes - Tyrannidae - Sayornis
Ecology and Life History
Migration
true - true - true - Highly migratory in Canada and most of U.S. Occurs throughout the year in Mexico and part of southwestern U.S.
Non-migrant
true
Locally Migrant
true
Food Comments
Primarily eats insects (e.g., bees, wasps, ants, flies, beetles, butterflies), and other invertebrates (e.g., sow bugs, spiders, millipedes). Also feeds on some berries.
Reproduction Comments
Clutch size is 3-7 (usually 4-5). Incubation, by female, lasts 12-14 days. Altricial, downy young are tended by both parents, leave nest in about 14 days. Male may tend first brood while female renests.
Length
19
Weight
21
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
1996-12-02
Global Status Last Changed
1996-12-02
Other Status
LC - Least concern
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
BREEDING: Alaska, central Yukon, western Mackenzie, central Alberta, southern Saskatchewan, and southwestern Manitoba, south to central Mexico. NON-BREEDING: northern California, northern Arizona, New Mexico, southern Texas, south to Baja California and south-central mainland of Mexico (Terres 1980).