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Phainopepla (Phainopepla nitens), male, family Ptiliogonatidae, order Passeriformes, Sacramento, CA, USA
photograph by Michele McCormick
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Phainopepla (Phainopepla nitens), male, family Ptiliogonatidae, order Passeriformes, Sacramento, CA, USA
photograph by Michele McCormick
Phainopepla nitens | Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus | Oroscoptes montanus | Harporhynchus crissalis
Plate IV | Die Nordamerikanische Vogelwelt (1891)
Long-tailed Silky-flycatcher
He of the shining robe by Todd Wynia Via Flickr: This is a phainopepla, the only U.S. member of a family of birds known as silky flycatchers. The name phainopepla derives from a Greek word meaning shining robe. Seems apt, given this guy's glossy appearance. Males are black like this guy. Females are more gray. But both sexes have that cool crest and red eye.
Phainopepla, male, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Photograph by Mick Thompson, Eastside Audubon CC
Phainopepla (Phainopepla nitens) - photo by Scott Townsend
Phainopepla (Phainopepla nitens), L - male, R - female, family Ptiliogonatidae, order Passeriformes, Tucson, AZ, USA
photographs by Tim Lewis
Long-tailed Silky Flycatcher (Ptiliogonys caudatus), family Ptiliogonatidae, order Passeriformes, Costa Rica
photograph by Sean Crockett