Summary ⁶

The Say's Phoebe (Sayornis saya), a passerine, is in the Tyrant-Flycatcher family. A common bird in the western United States. It prefers dry, desolate areas. This bird was named for Thomas Say, the American naturalist.

National distribution ⁷

Canada

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Present

Confidence: Confident

Type of Residency: Breeding

United States

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Present

Confidence: Confident

Type of Residency: Year-round

Habitat and ecology ⁸

Systems

• Terrestrial

Migration ⁹

Non-Migrant: Yes. At least some populations of this species do not make significant seasonal migrations. Juvenile dispersal is not considered a migration.

Locally Migrant: Yes. At least some populations of this species make local extended movements (generally less than 200 km) at particular times of the year (e.g., to breeding or wintering grounds, to hibernation sites).

Locally Migrant: Yes. At least some populations of this species make annual migrations of over 200 km.

Highly migratory in Canada and most of U.S. Occurs throughout the year in Mexico and part of southwestern U.S.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Dmitry Mozzherin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/12978307@N00/3333991507
2. (c) Dmitry Mozzherin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3545/3334825700_3a0b8e9877.jpg
3. (c) Wolfgang Wander, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/Says-Phoebe.jpg
4. (c) marikcl, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by marikcl
5. (c) James Maughn, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3833/10700388625_26df8fbc87_o.jpg
6. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sayornis_saya
7. (c) NatureServe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/28846161
8. (c) International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/31252440
9. (c) NatureServe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/28846165

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