| Common Name: | Phainopepla | | Scientific Name: | Phainopepla nitens | | Family: | Ptilogonatidae (Silky-flycatchers) | | Area: | male - Sabino Canyon, Arizona | | Date: | February 18, 2008 | 
Looking like a small, all black version of a Steller's Jay, this bird, slightly smaller than a Robin, prefers to feed on the berries of the Mistletoe. | 
female - Ahakhav Tribal Preserve, Arizona --- February 2, 2010 | | Reference: | Watchable Birds of the Southwest by Gray |
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