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2.55 (0.403 - 4.67)|
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Excerpts Adapted from the Birds of Saskatchewan:
A bird of the open country, Say's Phoebe is often observed in native prairie habitat, foraging along roadside fencelines and in adjacent trees and shrubs, especially during migration. A relatively hardy species, it (along with the Eastern Phoebe) occurs earlier in spring and later in fall than other species of flycatcher. A truly western bird, it is found over most of western North America from Alaska, Yukon, and Northwest Territories south to central Mexico, with wintering from the southwestern US to central Mexico (AOU 1998).
The species is strongly associated with arid badlands and eroded banks along major river drainages, or with native prairie and parkland where it nests in abandoned farmsteads.
Say's Phoebe is a fairly common summer resident in arid badlands and prairies associated with the Missouri and South Saskatchewan River drainages. Elsewhere it is thinly distributed across the western half of the northern prairies and parklands north to Macklin (Symons 1967) and Saskatoon. Farther north it is observed as a migrant northeast to Besnard and Weyakwin Lakes (Serr 1978c). Transients may be birds en route to and from breeding grounds in Alaska, Yukon, and Northwest Territories (Godfrey 1986).
Original text by Robert D. Wapple and Lorrie Sielski. Text adapted by Daniel J. Sawatzky
Read more about the Say's Phoebe in the Birds of Saskatchewan here.
Recommended citation: Latremouille, L. M. 2025. Say's Phoebe in Latremouille, L. M., S. L. Van Wilgenburg, C. B. Jardine, D. Lepage, A. R. Couturier, D. Evans, D. Iles, and K. L. Drake (eds.). 2025. The Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Saskatchewan, 2017-2021. Birds Canada. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan https://sk.birdatlas.ca/accounts/speciesaccount.jsp?sp=SAPH&lang=en [14 Nov 2025]
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