Black Phoebe

Black Phoebe perched on the tip of a dead tree.
Black Phoebe, San Joaquin Marsh, Irvine, CA, June 19, 2023
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-1250; f/11; 1/800 sec.

This page is for the Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans). This is one of the 17 or 18 new species (I’m still trying to figure one out) for me when I went on a San Diego Audubon bird walk while I was in the area for a conference. My first photographic evidence occurred on April 23, 2022.

Black Phoebe diving from a tree branch toward a smaller branch.
Black Phoebe, Tecolote Canyon Trail, San Diego, CA, April 23, 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 420 mm; ISO-500; f/8; 1/1000 sec.
Black Phoebe perched on a dead tree limb and looking downward toward the ground.
Black Phoebe, San Joaquin Marsh, Irvine, CA, June 20, 2023
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-200; f/11; 1/320 sec.
Black Phoebe standing on a large boulder in a stream.
Black Phoebe, Via a Cunuco – Puente a Sacha Urco, Ecuador, June 23, 2024
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-20,000; f/11; 1/640 sec.
Black Phoebe, Mindo – Ruta Cunuco Ecuador, June 23, 2024
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-8000; f/10; 1/1000 sec.
Black Phoebe, Mindo – Ruta Cunuco Ecuador, June 23, 2024
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-6400; f/10; 1/1000 sec.
Black Phoebe, Mindo – Ruta Cunuco Ecuador, June 23, 2024
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-6400; f/10; 1/1000 sec.
Black Phoebe, Mindo – Ruta Cunuco Ecuador, June 23, 2024
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-20,000; f/11; 1/1000 sec.