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[[Image:Glossy-backed_Becard.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Male<br />Photo by {{user|alexandre+vinot|alexandre vinot}}<br />Risquetout in [[French Guiana]], December 2006]]
[[Image:Glossy-backed_Becard.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|alexandre+vinot|alexandre vinot}}<br />Photographed:  Risquetout in [[French Guiana]]]]
 
 
;[[:Category:Pachyramphus|Pachyramphus]] surinamus
 
;[[:Category:Pachyramphus|Pachyramphus]] surinamus
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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13.2 - 13.8cm.
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====Male====
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* Glossy black above with a slight bluish sheen
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* Crown sometimes scaly-looking
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* Pure white underparts
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* Dark iris
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* Blackish bill
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* Dark legs
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====Female====
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* Blackish crown with broadly dark chestnut-brown tipped feathers
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* Pale line above lores
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* Pale grey nape and upper back
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* White lower back to rump
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* Blackish wings with broad cinnamon-rufous edging
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* Blackish tail
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* White throat and underparts
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
[[South America]]: found in [[Suriname]], [[French Guiana]] and lower Amazonian [[Brazil]]
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[[South America]]: found in [[Suriname]], [[French Guiana]] and lower Amazonian [[Brazil]]. One record from [[Venezuela[[.<br />
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Poorly known, obviously rare and local.
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
Monotypic
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species.
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==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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Found in high canopy and subcanopy of tall humid forest and forest borders. Also in adjacent clearings and savanna forest.<br />
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Occurs from sea-level up to 300m.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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Usually seen in pairs moving through thick foliage in high canopy.
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====Diet====
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Feeds on insects, takes also some fruit.
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====Breeding====
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Breeding season from July to October in Brazil. The nest is a bulky globular structure with a side entrance and made of dead leaves, fibres and moss. It's suspended from a drooping branch 25 to 30m above the ground up in a tree, usually near a wasp or bee nest.
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====Movements====
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No movements known.
 
==References==
 
==References==
#{{Ref-Clements6thDec08}}
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug13}}#{{Ref-HBWVol9}}
 
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Pachyramphus+surinamus}}  
 
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Pachyramphus]]
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Pachyramphus]]

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Male
Photo by alexandre vinot
Risquetout in French Guiana, December 2006
Pachyramphus surinamus

Identification

13.2 - 13.8cm.

Male

  • Glossy black above with a slight bluish sheen
  • Crown sometimes scaly-looking
  • Pure white underparts
  • Dark iris
  • Blackish bill
  • Dark legs

Female

  • Blackish crown with broadly dark chestnut-brown tipped feathers
  • Pale line above lores
  • Pale grey nape and upper back
  • White lower back to rump
  • Blackish wings with broad cinnamon-rufous edging
  • Blackish tail
  • White throat and underparts

Distribution

South America: found in Suriname, French Guiana and lower Amazonian Brazil. One record from [[Venezuela[[.
Poorly known, obviously rare and local.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.

Habitat

Found in high canopy and subcanopy of tall humid forest and forest borders. Also in adjacent clearings and savanna forest.
Occurs from sea-level up to 300m.

Behaviour

Usually seen in pairs moving through thick foliage in high canopy.

Diet

Feeds on insects, takes also some fruit.

Breeding

Breeding season from July to October in Brazil. The nest is a bulky globular structure with a side entrance and made of dead leaves, fibres and moss. It's suspended from a drooping branch 25 to 30m above the ground up in a tree, usually near a wasp or bee nest.

Movements

No movements known.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Del Hoyo, J, A Elliot, and D Christie, eds. 2004. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 9: Cotingas to Pipits and Wagtails. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8487334696

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