Green-backed Becard Pachyramphus viridis
Male Green-backed Becard, Pirapora, Minas Gerais, Brazil, February 2002 - click for larger image Minas Gerais, Brazil

The Green-backed Becard is found from north east Brazil to northern Argentina and Bolivia. See the distribution map at xeno-canto. It inhabits light woodland, gallery forest and forest borders. It gleans for invertebrates such as caterpillars at various heights and is usually found in pairs.
Green-backed Becard, Santuário do Caraça, Minas Gerais, Brazil, October 2022 - click for larger image The male has a black crown and olive back with the sides of the head a pale grey. The throat is whitish below which there is a broad bright yellow band leading into a whitish belly. The female is similar except for an olive crown and rufous-chestnut on the wing coverts. The bill is broad and the tail narrow.

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