Cinereous Becard
Pachyramphus rufus
The cinereous becard is 12.9 to 14 cm (5.1 to 5.5 in) long and weighs about 18.5 g (0.65 oz). Adult males of the nominate subspecies have a glossy black crown, a white forehead and lores, a dusky spot in front of the eye, and pearl-gray cheeks. Their upperparts are mostly pearl-gray and sometimes have a faint olive tinge on the upper back. Their wings are blackish with thin white edges on the outer flight feathers and wider white edges on the inner flight feathers and coverts. Their tail is slaty gray; the feathers sometimes have whitish edges at their tips. Voice: "Both sexes appear to have rather large repertoire of melancholy songs". They typically are "a fast series of musical notes, e.g. twee, twee, twee-twee-twee-tweetweeteeteetititi, rising in pitch and accelerating to almost a trill".
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One-colored Becard
Pachyramphus homochrous
The one-colored becard is about 16.5 cm (6.5 in) long and weighs about 35 g (1.2 oz). The species is sexually dimorphic. Adult males of the nominate subspecies have a mostly dark slaty gray head and upperparts with a slightly darker crown and lighter rump. Their wings and tail are dark slaty gray with paler edges on the remiges. Their underparts are a somewhat paler gray their upperparts. They sometimes have a faint pinkish wash on the throat and a slight dusky tinge on the breast and upper belly. Adult females have a rufous-chestnut to rufous tawny crown, upperparts, and tail. Voice: The one-colored becard's usual song is "a rather variable, loud, sharp, and sputtering or chattering stet-ee-ee-teet-tsit-tsit-tsitts-tsít or ske-e-et’et’ittt, tseer, tsrip". It also often gives a "squeaky and high-pitched tweíuuw".
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