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Eastern Phoebe

Sayornis phoebeOrder: PASSERIFORMES Family: Flycatchers (Tyrannidae)

Codes: Common Name: EAPH Scientific Name: SAYPHO ITIS Taxonomic No.: 178329

Head

Topo Map: Perching-like Head

Bill Shape: All-purpose
Eye Color: Brown.
Head Pattern: Plain
Crown Color: Dark gray-brown
Forehead Color: Dark gray-brown
Nape Color: Dark gray-brown
Throat Color: White
Cere color: No Data

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Body

Topo Map: Perching-like Body

Length Range: 18 cm (7 in)
Weight: 20 g (0.7 oz)
Size: Size 2. Small (5 - 9 in)
Color: White, Brown, Black, Gray, Yellow, Olive
Underparts: White with pale brown breast.
Upperparts: Gray-brown
Back Pattern: Solid
Belly Pattern: Solid
Breast Pattern: Solid

Flight

Topo Map: Perching-like Flight

Flight Pattern: Weak buoyant fluttering flight with shallow wing beats.
Wingspan Range: 29 cm (11.5 in)
Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
Tail Shape: Pointed Tail
Tail Pattern: Solid with white edging.
Upper Tail: Dark gray-brown
Under Tail: Dark gray-brown
Leg Color: Black

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Eastern Phoebe

Eastern Phoebe: Small flycatcher with dark gray-brown upperparts and slightly darker wings and tail. Underparts are pale with hint of olive-brown or yellow on sides and breast. Bill, legs, and feet are black. Feeds on insects, small fish, berries and fruit. Weak fluttering bouyant flight.

● Song: "chip";"FEE-be"

● Foraging & Feeding: Eastern Phoebe: Feeds on insects, small fish, berries, and fruits. Forages from atop tree branches and other perches, flying out to catch prey in mid-air; also gleans food from foliage, on the ground, and at the water surface.

● Breeding & nesting: Eastern Phoebe: Two to eight white eggs with occasional red brown spots are laid in a nest made of mud pellets covered with moss and lined with grass, weeds, leaves, hair, and feathers. Nest is normally built on top of an old nest, or attached to a building. Incubation is about 16 days and is carried out by both parents.

● Similar species: Eastern Phoebe: Eastern Wood-Pewee has darker underparts, yellow lower mandible, two white wing-bars, different voice, and does not pump tail.

Flight Pattern

Weak buoyant fluttering flight with shallow wing beats.

● Range & Habitat: Eastern Phoebe: Breeds north of the Mason-Dixon Line in North America; spends winters as far north as the Ohio River.

^BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester

^Population

^MigrationMost migrate

^Weight0.7 Ounces

Perching-like Head

Perching-like Body

Perching-like Flight

4 and 6 letter alpha codes

The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

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