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'''Alternative name: Plain Becard'''
 
'''Alternative name: Plain Becard'''
[[Image:Crested_Becard.jpg|thumb|500px|right|Male<br />Photo by {{user|Fritz73|Fritz73}} <br />[[Itatiaia National Park]], [[Brazil]], 2004]]
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[[Image:CrestedBecardXyko.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Photo by {{user|Xyko+Paludo|Francisco Paludo}} <br />Morretes, Paraná, [[Brazil]], December, 2016]]
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;[[:Category:Pachyramphus|Pachyramphus]] validus
 
;[[:Category:Pachyramphus|Pachyramphus]] validus
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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17–18·5 cm (6¾-7¼ in)<br />
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'''Male'''
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*Dark grey to black upperparts
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*White patch on back, partly hidden
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*Greyish face
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*Pale [[Dictionary_P-S#S|supraloral]] spot
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
 
[[South America]]: found in [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]], [[Bolivia]], [[Brazil]], [[Paraguay]], [[Uruguay]] and [[Argentina]].
 
[[South America]]: found in [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]], [[Bolivia]], [[Brazil]], [[Paraguay]], [[Uruguay]] and [[Argentina]].
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
 
====Subspecies====
 
====Subspecies====
 
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[[Image:Caneleiro.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo by {{user|Xyko+Paludo|Francisco Paludo}}<br />Curitiba-PR, [[Brazil]], March 2017]]
 
There are 2 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>
 
There are 2 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>
 
*''P. v. audax'':
 
*''P. v. audax'':
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Denizen of the mid-level Atlantic forest.
 
Denizen of the mid-level Atlantic forest.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
 
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====Diet====
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Their diet consists of large insects. Generally they hunt on their own, but are occasionally seen with mixed species flocks.
 
==References==
 
==References==
#{{Ref-Clements6thDec10}}#Avibase
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug16}}#Avibase
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#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved January 2017)
 
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==

Latest revision as of 22:26, 4 September 2017

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:
  • P. v. validus:

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)

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