#1309 · 🐦 birds

Say's Phoebe

🇳🇱 Says Phoebe ·Sayornis saya

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

The Say's phoebe ( Sayornis saya ) is a passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. A common bird in the western United States. It prefers dry, desolate areas. This bird was named for Thomas Say, the American naturalist.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 52,008iNaturalist observations
weight 21.2 gadult, up to
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.
52,008 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 21 g.
Scientifically named by Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1825 (201 years ago).