Cinnamon Becard

The cinnamon becard is 14 to 15 cm (5.5 to 5.9 in) long and weighs 17 to 22 g (0.60 to 0.78 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies P. c. cinnamomeus have a deep rufous crown, dusky lores, a pale buff line above the lores, and ochraceous tawny cheeks. Their upperparts are mostly rufous or chestnut-rufous to rufous-tawny. Their wings are rufous that is darker and duskier on the primary coverts. Their tail is rufous. Voice: A typical cinnamon becard song is "a somewhat plaintive, reedy, usually fast or nearly trilled series of musical notes, e.g. teedeedee-deedeedee, cheei dee-dee, deeeuu dew dew, dew, dew". Other descriptions include "a high-pitched, thin, whistled tseeeuuuu-tu-tu-tu-tu-tu-tu" and "a sweet, mellow tee, deer-dear-dear-dear, falling in pitch and trailing off at end".