Pink-throated Becard - BirdForum Opus

Pachyramphus minor

Identification

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

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

This is a monotypic species¹.

Habitat

Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Behaviour

Mostly high in trees, often in mixed species flocks.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Ridgely and Tudor 2009. Field guide to the songbirds of South America - The Passerines. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-71979-8

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Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Pink-throated Becard. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 29 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Pink-throated_Becard

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