Cinnamon Becard - BirdForum Opus

Photo by Birdingcraft
OTS La Selva entrance road, Costa Rica, September 2008

Pachyramphus cinnamomeus

Identification

14cm

• Rufous upperparts
• Pale cinnamon underparts
• Grey bill and legs
  

Sexes similar
Juveniles: brighter above and paler

Distribution

Central and South America
Central America: Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama
South America: Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 4 subspecies^[1]:

• P. c. badius:

• Western Venezuela (southern Táchira)

• P. c. cinnamomeus:

• Tropical eastern Panama to Colombia and Ecuador (south to El Oro)

• P. c. fulvidior:

• South-eastern Mexico (Oaxaca and Chiapas) to extreme western Panama

• P. c. magdalenae:

• Northern Colombia to north-western Venezuela (Maracaibo basin)

Habitat

Lowland to foothill rain forest and forest edges, mangroves, woodlands.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes insects, spiders and berries.

Breeding

The female builds a spherical nest. The clutch consists of 3-4 olive-brown blotchy eggs. The female incubates them for 18-20 days; both parents feed the young.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
2. Avibase
3. Wikipedia

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Cinnamon Becard. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 2 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Cinnamon_Becard

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