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title: "Black Phoebe"
description: "Sayornis nigricans — Uccelli. The black phoebe (Sayornis nigricans) is a passerine bird in the tyrant-flycatcher family."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/black-phoebe
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Black Phoebe

> Sayornis nigricans — Uccelli. The black phoebe (Sayornis nigricans) is a passerine bird in the tyrant-flycatcher family.

- Scientific name: *Sayornis nigricans*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 102195
- Wikidata: [Q920950](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q920950)
- iNaturalist taxon: [17013](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/17013)

## Names

- en: Black Phoebe
- de: Schwarzkopf-Phoebetyrann
- es: Papamoscas negro
- fr: Moucherolle noir
- nl: Zwarte phoebe
- pt: Papa-moscas-fibi-preto
- pl: Fibik czarny

## Countries with the most observations

US (80043), MX (11915), CO (2304), EC (932), CR (785), PE (346), AR (245), HN (213), PA (192), BO (119), GT (94), CA (72)

## Summary

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. Six subspecies are commonly recognized although two are occasionally combined as a separate species, the white-winged phoebe.
The black phoebe has predominantly black plumage, with a white belly and undertail coverts. The sexes are identical in color, and juveniles have brown feather…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_phoebe

## Photo

![Black Phoebe](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-phoebe/medium.jpg)

Photo: Ben · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/387744493

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/black-phoebe?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).