- Pachyramphus rufus
Identification
13-14 cm
Male has a black cap that continues as a black line from eye to bill. Above this line is a white supraloral that continues around the front. Upperside is pearl grey with blackish wings where especially secondaries and greater coverts are edged whitish, and slaty tail with white tips. Underside has whitish throat and belly, with the rest pale grey.
Female: cap, upperside (except neck) wings and tail are chestnut, with neck area paler cinnamon, a color continuing on the side fo the head and on breast, with throat paler and the supraloral area whitish like the male. Belly and vent area whitish.
Distribution
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.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 2 subspecies[1]:
- P. r. juruanus:
- P. r. rufus:
Habitat
Lowland moist to dry areas, including forest edges, open woodland to shrubland and cultivated areas as long as some trees remain.
Behaviour
Food includes both smaller invertebrates and fruit and berries. These are frequently taken from a perch or in sally from a perch. Most often seen as pairs not in company of a mixed feeding flock.
Breeding
The nest is ball shaped, made from grass, and placed in the fork of a tree.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Angehr, G.R. and R. Dean 2010. The birds of Panama - a field guide. A Zona Tropical Publication. ISBN 978-0-8014-7674-7
- 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
- Restall, R., C. Rodner, M. Lentino. 2006. Birds of Northern South America. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300124156
- Mobley, J. (2020). Cinereous Becard (Pachyramphus rufus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.cinbec2.01
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Cinereous Becard. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 7 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Cinereous_Becard
