Species profile
Eastern Phoebe
Sayornis phoebe
Quick answer
Tail-wagging flycatcher that nests under bridges and eaves.
- Scientific name
- Sayornis phoebe
- Family
- Tyrannidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Sayornis
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Habitat
Streamsides, farmyards
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Related species in Tyrannidae
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- Agriornis andicola (Agriornis andicola)
- Alagoas Tyrannulet (Phylloscartes ceciliae)
- Alder/willow Flycatcher (traill's Flycatcher) (Empidonax alnorum)
- Amazonian Black-Tyrant (Knipolegus poecilocercus)
- Amazonian Inezia (Inezia subflava)