BLACK PHOEBE
BLACK PHOEBE (Sayornis nigricans semiatra)
1898 Santa Cruz Island: “...Following is a list of birds observed during my stay:- Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans) ...”
Mailliard, Jos., Spring Notes on the Birds of Santa Cruz Island, Cal., April,1898 The Condor 1(1):41-45, April 1899
1905-1906 Santa Catalina Island: “Sayornis nigricans. Black Phcebe. A single individual was heard on the morning of April 18, 1906. This was the only one noted.” [“These notes are the result of two brief sojourns on Santa Catalina Island in the month of April, eight days being spent in 1905, and five in 1906. Fortunately both trips were made after wet seasons; the hills were carpeted with grass, flowers and insects were abundant.”]
Richardson, Charles H., Jr. Spring Notes from Santa Catalina Island The Condor 10(2):65-68, March 1908
1907 San Clemente Island: “Sayornis nigricans. Black Phoebe. Seen only along northeast coast. March 20, an unfinished nest was found fastened to the side of a cave just above high tide mark. One specimen preserved.” [“Visits were made to Clemente in January, February, March, April and October, 1907.”]
Linton, C. B. Notes from San Clemente Island The Condor 10:82-86, March 1908
1907 Santa Cruz Island: “Sayornis saya. Say Phoebe. Fairly common.” [“At 11:30 p.m., November 19, 1907, my father (H. Linton), Mr. George Willett, and myself left San Pedro harbor in a dilapidated fishing smack and in company with a crawfisherman, one “Cold-foot” Jorgensen. We arrived off the south end of Santa Cruz Island at 10:30 the following day during a stiff norwester. For various reasons we were unable to make camp until the 22nd. It may not be amiss to state here that twice during the blow we were nearly wrecked: once while at anchor in Potatoe Harbor, a broken anchor allowing the boat to drift within the breaker line and nearly onto the rocks. In this instance the timely arrival of Willett and H. Linton in a small boat, saved the day, and incidentally the fishing smack. At another time (the engine having broken down) we were blown nearly onto the rocks of Anacapa Island; but with father at the wheel and Willett and I on the “sheet” we managed to hold her off. I mention the foregoing, and the many sleepless nights spent on the rocky shores, “running” the surf several times each day (with attendant duckings), etc., merely as a warning to those who seem inclined to believe a field naturalist’s life “strewn with roses”. (Its ’ generally strewn with cacti!)”]
Linton, C. B. Notes from Santa Cruz Island] The Condor 10(3):124-129, May 1908
- SANACPA ISLAND
- SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND
- SAN MIGUEL ISLAND
- SAN NICOLAS ISLAND
- SANTA CATALINA ISLAND
- SANTA CRUZ ISLAND
FARALLON ISLANDS
| ISLAND | COLLECTOR | INSTITUTION | DATE | NUMBER | SPECIMEN | |
| Farallon Islands | R. R. Tenaza | CAS | October 11, 1990 | CAS-92092 | Sayornis nigricans | Birds |
ANACAPA ISLAND
| ISLAND | COLLECTOR | INSTITUTION | DATE | NUMBER | SPECIMEN | |
| Anacapa Island | George Willett | LACM | March 19, 1941 | LACM-19947 | Sayornis nigricans semiatra | Birds |
SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND
| ISLAND | COLLECTOR | INSTITUTION | DATE | NUMBER | SPECIMEN | |
| San Clemente Island | C. B. Linton | MCZ | November 23, 1908 | MCZ-317148 | Sayornis nigricans semiatra | Birds |
SAN MIGUEL ISLAND
| ISLAND | COLLECTOR | INSTITUTION | DATE | NUMBER | SPECIMEN | |
| San Miguel Island | Chester Lamb | MVZ | October 4, 1927 | MVZ-51473 | Sayornis nigricans semiatra | Birds |
SAN NICOLAS ISLAND
| ISLAND | COLLECTOR | INSTITUTION | DATE | NUMBER | SPECIMEN | |
| San Nicolas Island | H. H. Sheldon | UCLA | April 24, 1929 | UCLA-27478 | Sayornis nigricans semiatra | Birds |
| San Nicolas Island | H. H. Sheldon | UCLA | April 29, 1929 | UCLA-27498 | Sayornis nigricans semiatra | Birds |
SANTA CATALINA ISLAND
| ISLAND | COLLECTOR | INSTITUTION | DATE | NUMBER | SPECIMEN | |
| Santa Catalina Island | Frank Stephens | SDNHM | March 27, 1893 | SDNHM-469 | Sayornis nigricans nigricans | Birds |
| Santa Catalina Island | G. K. Snyder | WFVZ | April 9, 1909 | WFVZ-49083 | Sayornis nigricans | Eggs |
SANTA CRUZ ISLAND
| ISLAND | COLLECTOR | INSTITUTION | DATE | NUMBER | SPECIMEN | |
| Santa Cruz Island | J. R. Pemberton | WFVZ | April 5, 1927 | WFVZ-3417 | Sayornis nigricans | Eggs |
| Santa Cruz Island | Alden H. Miller | MVZ | March 5, 1950 | MVZ-120114 | Sayonris nigricans semiatra | Birds |
| Santa Cruz Island | Alden H. Miller | MVZ | March 5, 1950 | MVZ-120115 | Sayonris nigricans semiatra | Birds |
| Santa Cruz Island | Alden H. Miller | MVZ | March 5, 1950 | MVZ-120116 | Sayonris nigricans semiatra | Birds |
| Santa Cruz Island | Alden H. Miller | MVZ | March 11, 1950 | MVZ-120120 | Sayonris nigricans semiatra | Birds |
| Santa Cruz Island | Alden H. Miller | MVZ | March 11, 1950 | MVZ-120121 | Sayonris nigricans semiatra | Birds |
SANTA ROSA ISLAND
| ISLAND | COLLECTOR | INSTITUTION | DATE | NUMBER | SPECIMEN | |
| Santa Rosa Island | C. P. Streator | USNM | July 2, 1892 | USNM-140009 | Sayornis nigricans semiatra | Birds |
| Santa Rosa Island | C. P. Streator | USNM | July 2, 1892 | USNM-140010 | Sayornis nigricans semiatra | Birds |
| Santa Rosa Island | E. N. Harrison | WFVZ | April 8, 1939 | WFVZ-4979 | Sayornis nigricans semiatra | Eggs |
| Santa Rosa Island | A. H. Miller | MVZ | March 9, 1950 | MVZ-120117 | Sayornis nigricans semiatra | Birds |
| Santa Rosa Island | A. H. Miller | MVZ | March 9, 1950 | MVZ-120118 | Sayornis nigricans semiatra | Birds |
| Santa Rosa Island | A. H. Miller | MVZ | March 10, 1950 | MVZ-120119 | Sayornis nigricans semiatra | Birds |
| Santa Rosa Island | A. H. Miller | MVZ | March 13, 1950 | MVZ-120122 | Sayornis nigricans semiatra | Birds |
