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The eastern phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) is a small passerine bird. The genus name Sayornis is constructed from the specific part of Charles Lucien Bonaparte's name for Say's phoebe, Muscicapa saya, and Ancient Greek ornis, "bird". [2] Phoebe is an alternative name for the Roman moon-goddess Diana, but it may also have been chosen to imitate the ...
The genus Sayornis that was introduced by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1854 with black phoebe (Sayornis nigricans) as the type species. [2] [3] The genus name is constructed from the specific part of Bonaparte's name for Say's phoebe, Muscicapa saya, and Ancient Greek ornis meaning "bird". [4]
Adult Say's phoebe hunting from a perch. Say's phoebe is similar to the eastern phoebe. It sallies from a perch to catch insects in mid-air. It also hovers American kestrel-like and dips its tail while perched. [8] Say's phoebe also likes to feed just above the water's surface. They eat insects almost exclusively, but have been known to eat ...
The eastern wood pewee (Contopus virens) is a small tyrant flycatcher from North America. This bird and the western wood pewee ( C. sordidulus ) were formerly considered a single species . The two species are virtually identical in appearance, and can be distinguished most easily by their calls.
Phoebe brachythyrsa H.W.Li – northeastern Yunnan in China; Phoebe calcarea S.Lee & F.N.Wei – Guangxi and southern Guizhou in China; Phoebe canescens (Blume) Miq. – Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia, and Sumatra; Phoebe cathia (D.Don) Kosterm. – southwestern and northeastern India, eastern Himalayas, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Laos, and Vietnam
Eastern kingbird, Tyrannus tyrannus (A) Eastern phoebe, Sayornis phoebe (A) Eastern wood pewee, Contopus virens (A-Azores) Fork-tailed flycatcher, Tyrannus savana (A) Least flycatcher, Empidonax minimus (A) Yellow-bellied flycatcher, Empidonax flaviventris (A) Western kingbird, Tyrannus verticalis (A-Azores)
Olive-sided flycatchers can be confused with other birds in the genus Contopus like the Greater Pewee, Western Wood-Pewee, Eastern Wood-Pewee, and the Eastern Phoebe.They can be distinguished these species by observing the following differences: the plain grey breasts of the greater pewee (as opposed to the vest-like chest of the olive-sided flycatcher), they are twice the weight of the ...
The black phoebe (Sayornis nigricans) is a passerine bird in the tyrant-flycatcher family. It breeds from southwest Oregon and California south through Central and South America. It occurs year-round throughout most of its range and migrates less than the other birds in its genus, though its northern populations are partially migratory.