Eastern Phoebe

Judy and I visited the Aransas NWR in southeastern Texas in November 2021 and I saw my first (and so far only) eastern phoebe while doing the Auto Tour Drive. The eastern phoebe is gray-brown above, has a white throat, a gray breast and buffish underparts. It also has two indistinct buff bars on each wing. 

Illustration of the eastern phoebe from Birds of the World.

It is migratory. It winters in the southern U.S., Mexico and Central America and breeds in the eastern half of the U.S. and portions of Canada. 

Range from Birds of the World. 

The phoebes are found in the genus Sayornis and there are only three species, all of which I've seen: the black phoebe (in Arizona and California) and Say's phoebe (in Utah, Arizona and California), in addition to the eastern phoebe.