Black Phoebe
Sayornis nigricans
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Tyrannidae
- Genus
- Sayornis
- eBird Code
- blkpho
Subspecies (6)
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Sayornis nigricans amnicola
highlands of Costa Rica and western Panama (Chiriquí)
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Sayornis nigricans angustirostris
eastern Panama to Colombia, Ecuador, southern Peru, and northern Venezuela
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Sayornis nigricans aquaticus
southern Mexico (highlands of southern Chiapas) to Guatemala and Nicaragua
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Sayornis nigricans latirostris
Andes of Bolivia and northwestern Argentina
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Sayornis nigricans nigricans
highlands of northeastern Mexico (Tamaulipas) to northern Chiapas
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Sayornis nigricans semiater
western USA (Oregon) to Baja California and western Mexico (Nayarit)
Data Sources
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.