Black Phoebe

tags: Black Phoebe, Sayornis nigricans, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] Black Phoebe, Sayornis nigricans, photographed on Pacific Coast in San Francisco, California. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Terry Sohl, 18 December 2008 [larger view]. Photo taken with a Canon 50D, 400 5.6L. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Rick Wright, Managing Director of WINGS Birding Tours Worldwide, writes: A plain gray bird with a neatly set-off white belly and some white in the wings. White-winged Junco, right? Here's a great exercise…