Crested Becard Pachyramphus validus

Crested Becard Pachyramphus validus
(aka Plain Becard)

Brazilian name: Caneleiro-de-chapéu-preto

Brazil

The Crested Becard is distributed south of the Amazon from the north-east of Brazil through central and southern Brazil to adjacent areas of Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia and Peru. There is also a disjunct population in south-east Ecuador. See the distribution map at xeno-canto.

It is found in the canopy and on the borders of woodland and forest and up to 3,500 metres in the Andes.

The male is dark grey above and light grey below. The female has a grey crown, a cinnamon face and rufous upperparts with dusky wings, yellowish-cinnamon throat and buffy underparts.

Photos 2 and 3 show a juvenile male.

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Crested Becard, Tres Picos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 2022 - click for larger image

Crested Becard, Itanhaem, Sao Paulo, Brazil, October 2022 - click for larger image

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