Say's Phoebe
(Sayornis saya)

Overview

Summary

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The Say’s Phoebe nests across western Canada. Breeding Bird Survey data indicate the species has experienced a large increase in population since about 1970. This adaptable bird has the largest north-south breeding range of the North American flycatchers, from central Mexico up to the arctic tundra (Schukman and Wolf 1998).

Designations

Population status

Population estimate

Distribution maps

• BirdLife International / NatureServe
• Breeding Bird Survey (BBS): Relative Abundance and Breeding Distribution (1993-2012)

Migration strategy, occurrence

Responsibility for conservation of world population

Conservation and management

This species appears to have benefitted from human activity, as they readily use human-made structures as nesting substrates (Schukman and Wolf 1998). Overall, threats on the breeding and wintering grounds appear to be few.

Bird conservation region strategies

Environment and Climate Change Canada and partners have developed Bird Conservation Region Strategies in each of Canada’s Bird Conservation Regions (BCRs). In these strategies, selected species are identified as priorities for one or more of the following reasons:

• conservation concerns (i.e., species vulnerable due to population size, distribution, population trend, abundance, or threats)
• stewardship responsibilities (i.e., species that typify the regional avifauna or have a large proportion of their range or population in the sub-region)
• management concerns (i.e., species that require ongoing management because of their socio-economic importance as game species, or because of their impacts on other species or habitats)
• other concerns (i.e., species deemed a priority by regional experts for other reasons than those listed above or because they are listed as species at risk or concern at the provincial level)

Select any of the sub-regions below to view the BCR strategy for additional details.

References

• Schukman, J.M. and B.O. Wolf. 1998. Say’s Phoebe (Sayornis saya), The Birds of North America Online (A. Poole, Ed.). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Schukman, J.M. and B.O. Wolf. 1998. Say’s Phoebe (Sayornis saya), The Birds of North America Online (A. Poole, Ed.). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. (Link)