Crested Becard - BirdForum Opus

Alternative name: Plain Becard

Photo by Francisco Paludo
Morretes, Paraná, Brazil, December, 2016

Pachyramphus validus

Identification

17–18·5 cm (6¾-7¼ in)
Male

• Dark grey to black upperparts
• White patch on back, partly hidden
• Greyish face
• Pale supraloral spot

Distribution

South America: found in Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

Female
Photo by Francisco Paludo
Curitiba-PR, Brazil, March 2017

There are 2 subspecies^[1]

• P. v. audax:

• Southern Peru (Ayacucho) to Bolivia and north-western Argentina

• P. v. validus:

• Tropical eastern Bolivia to north-eastern Argentina, Paraguay and eastern Brazil

Habitat

Denizen of the mid-level Atlantic forest.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists of large insects. Generally they hunt on their own, but are occasionally seen with mixed species flocks.

References

1. 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/
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved January 2017)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Crested Becard. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 5 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Crested_Becard

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