#1269 · 🐦 birds

Eastern Phoebe

🇳🇱 Phoebe ·Sayornis phoebe

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

The eastern phoebe ( Sayornis phoebe ) is a small passerine bird. The genus name Sayornis is constructed from the specific part of Charles Lucien Bonaparte's name for Say's phoebe, Muscicapa saya , and Ancient Greek ornis , "bird". Phoebe is an alternative name for the Roman moon-goddess Diana, but it may also have been chosen to imitate the bird's call.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 126,392iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
126,392 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by John Latham in 1790 (236 years ago).