- Pachyramphus minor
Identification
16·5–17 cm (6½-6¾ in)
Male is mostly black to dark grey, with a small area of pink on lower throat.
Female has dark grey to olive-grey crown and back, cinnamon wings and tail, underside buff to yellowish. Relatively heavy bill.
Distribution
South America: found east of the Andes in Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, in the Amazonian basin in Brazil, and Venezuela, and in the entire French Guiana, Guyana, and Suriname.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Generally found in terra firme tall humid forests.
Behaviour
Mostly high in trees, often in mixed species flocks.
Diet
Their diet consists mostly of large insects and they also eat fruit. They are often found foraging in mixed species flocks.
Breeding
Their nest is a round mass suspended from a tree about 10-20 m above the ground.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Ridgely and Tudor 2009. Field guide to the songbirds of South America - The Passerines. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-71979-8
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved November 2016)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Pink-throated Becard. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 26 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Pink-throated_Becard
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
