Cinnamon Becard

Pachyramphus cinnamomeus

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestDomed nestSmall · 20 g

What the Cinnamon Becard sounds like

Sonogram of the Cinnamon Becard: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Pichincha: Pachijal, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Cinnamon Becard: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Esmeraldas: 7 km WNW Lita, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Cinnamon Becard: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Esmeraldas: 7 km WNW Lita, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

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".

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When to see the Cinnamon Becard

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Cinnamon Becard

Regular range

The map shades 10 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Cinnamon Becard

The cinnamon becard is a passerine bird in the family Tityridae, the tityras, becards, and allies. It is found in Mexico, in every Central American country except El Salvador, and in Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

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Easily confused with

Side by side: Cinnamon Becard vs Rose-throated Becard · Cinnamon Becard vs White-winged Becard · Barred Becard vs Cinnamon Becard

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