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Photo by Leslie
Location: Hereford, Arizona, USA.

Sayornis saya

[edit] Identification

Length 19cm, wt 21g. Grayish bird with distinctive rich rufous underparts and wing bars; dark eyestripe. Wags black tail.

[edit] Distribution

Western U.S. except for coastal areas in summer; moves south to along coasts and along U.S.-Mexican border for winter, range extends southward into Mexico.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Habitat

Open country: Prairie, desert, fields.

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