Cinnamon Belly Phoe Bully
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Cinnamon Belly Phoe Bully ( Sayornis saya ) |
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The cinnamon belly phoe ( Sayornis saya ) is an American screeching bird.
features
The 16 cm long cinnamon belly Phoebetyrann is brown-gray on the top and brown-orange on the belly. The neck and chest are light gray. Young birds are characterized by cinnamon-colored wing bands.
Occurrence
The cinnamon-belly phoebetyrann lives in dry open or semi-open habitats in western North America , from Alaska to Mexico , during the breeding season . In winter they move to southern Mexico. In the southern part of the range they are resident birds .
The population is declining, which is attributed to the loss of habitat in the wintering areas.
behavior
The cinnamon-bellied phoe hunts for insects from a perch on a branch or rock, which it catches in flight. It can also look for insects by shaking over open areas. Occasionally the bird also feeds on certain berries. The bird's song sounds like pit-sie-ar , the call like pie-ih . These two screams are often alternated nonstop.
Reproduction
Cinnamon-belly phoebasers build a shell-like nest from clay and grass in a natural or man-made cavity, sometimes under a ledge. The birds lay 3–6 eggs per brood and incubate them for 12–14 days. While only the female is breeding, both partners can provide the young with food. The young birds fled after 14-17 days. The nest can be reused in the second breeding season.
Subspecies
The geographic variation is minor and is presumably very gradual (clinical) towards paler birds in the arid parts of the range. A distinction is made between up to four subspecies, of which the subspecies S. s. yukonensis and S. s. pallidus can be regarded as belonging to the nominate form.
- Sayornis saya pallidus ( Swainson , 1827) - central highlands of Mexico
- San José Phoebe Sayornis saya quiescens ( Grinnell , 1926) - Northern Baja California and Isla de Cedros in Mexico
- Say-Phoebe Sayornis saya saya ( Bonaparte , 1825) - Western Canada southwards through the western US
- Yukon Phoebe Sayornis saya yukonensis ( Bishop , 1900) - Alaska and northwestern Canada
Web links
- Sayornis saya in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2008. Posted by: BirdLife International, 2004. Retrieved on January 2 of 2009.
- Videos, photos and sound recordings for Sayornis saya in the Internet Bird Collection
- Say's Phoebe Species Account - Cornell Lab of Ornithology
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya - USGS Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter