Eastern Phoebe

• It was the subject of the first bird ringing in the history of the Americas: in 1804 John James Audubon tied silver threads to the legs of some nestlings of this species to see whether they would return to the same place the following year. They did.
• It wags its tail downwards with a steady pumping motion while perched, a tic that identifies it among the brown tyrant flycatchers, which are notoriously hard to tell apart.
• It nests under bridges, eaves and porches, and that adaptation has let it colonise areas in the west of its range where there were previously no suitable cliffs or caves.

Skeleton type

Vertebrate - internal bony skeleton (bird)

Habitat and environment

Woodland edges, riverbanks, bridges, farms and rural buildings of eastern North America

Sexual maturity

11.9 months

Gestation / incubation

16 days

Litter / clutch size

5

Sources consulted: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sayornis_phoebe

The pins mark the parks where its presence is documented.