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Male left, Female on right
Photo by erikat
Plantation "Rust & Werk", Commewijne District, Suriname, June 2003

Identification

Central and South America
Central America: only found in Panama, on Pacific slope east of Panama City
South America: northern Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, south-eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru and amazonian Brazil.

Juvenile
Photo by erikat
AdeK University, Uitvlucht (Paramaribo), Suriname, June 2007

There are 2 subspecies^[1]:

South-eastern Ecuador to eastern Peru (Loreto) and western Brazil (south-western Amazonas)

Lowland moist to dry areas, including forest edges, open woodland to shrubland and cultivated areas as long as some trees remain.

The nest is ball shaped, made from grass, and placed in the fork of a tree.

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Ber van Perlo. 2009. A field guide to the Birds of Brazil. Oxford University Press, New York, NY, USA. ISBN 978-0-19-530155-7
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BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Cinereous Becard. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 12 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Cinereous_Becard