| Common Name: | Phoebe, Black | | Scientific Name: | Sayornis nigricanis | | Family: | Tyrannidae (Flycatchers) | | Area: | Lake Havasu State Park, Arizona | | Date: | December 28, 2012 | 
Black Phoebes are easy to spot in open areas darting about after insects in flycatcher fashion. They will usually be found close to water where they make their nests under bridges and riverbanks. | 
Red Bluff Recreation Area, California - - - November 18, 2009 | 
This is a juvenile still showing a lot of brown in the wings. - - Horseshoe Lake - Bidwell Park, California - - - June 8, 2012 | 
photo by Joe Leeak - May 4, 2015 San Diego | | Reference: | National Audubon Society Field Gude to California by Alden |
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