A singular bird of the Southwest, the Phainopepla is a brilliant sight in flight. Males are silky black and slender, with an elegant crest and bold white wing ...
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Slender medium-sized songbird with a long tail and shaggy crest. Females are dark gray overall with white edging on the wing feathers. Note red eye.
Phainopepla nitens is the most northerly representative of the mainly tropical Central American family Ptiliogonatidae, the silky flycatchers.
Unique bird of scrubby oak and mesquite habitats with a sleek body, shaggy crest, long tail, and staring red eyes. Males are shiny black with a bluish sheen ...
May 3, 2021 · Read more about the "Phabulous" Phainopepla on our website: https://sabinonaturalists.org ...
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Phainopepla
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The phainopepla or northern phainopepla is the most northerly representative of the mainly tropical Central American family Ptiliogonatidae, the silky flycatchers. Its name is from the Greek phain pepla meaning "shining robe" in reference to the... Wikipedia
Family: Ptiliogonatidae
Scientific name: Phainopepla nitens
Conservation status: Least Concern (Population stable)
Class: Aves
Genus: Phainopepla; S.F. Baird, 1858
Kingdom: Animalia
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Habitat. Desert scrub, mesquites, oak foothills, mistletoe clumps. Occurs in many lowland and foothills habitats, moving around with availability of berries.
The silky-flycatcher known as the Phainopepla is a specialist on the berries of desert mistletoe. Few other birds in North America have such an intimate ...
Nov 7, 2022 · Phainopeplas are specialists on desert mistletoe, with a uniquely adapted stomach to extract as much nutrition from their berries as possible.
Nov 5, 2019 · The Phainopepla regularly eats insects, its main source of nutrition is berries, primarily that of mistletoe.
Phainopeplas are unique among North American birds in that they breed in two distinct habitats at different times of the year, and also have differing social ...