Cryptic Becard vs Grey-collared Becard

Cryptic Becard

Pachyramphus salvini

The cryptic becard is about 14 cm (5.5 in) long and weighs an average of about 17 g (0.60 oz). Adult males have a glossy bluish black crown. They have blackish lores, a wide white stripe from above the lores to above the eye, and a thin partial white eye-ring on an otherwise grayish face. Their nape and upperparts through their uppertail coverts are gray. Their wings are mostly black with wide white edges on the secondaries, tertials, and median and greater coverts; the last two show as wing bars. Their tail is has a black upper surface and a white-tipped pale gray lower surface. Voice: The cryptic becard's song is a "short stereotypic phrase of typically three notes tu-tu-dwit?" and it also makes a "rapid stuttered trill tjududududuwit" that might be a variation of the song. Males sing mostly at dawn and in the early morning.

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Grey-collared Becard

Pachyramphus major

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The grey-collared becard is 14 to 16.3 cm (5.5 to 6.4 in) long and weighs about 21 to 28 g (0.74 to 0.99 oz). Adult males of the nominate subspecies P. m. major have a glossy black crown. They have a pale stripe above the lores and an otherwise light gray face. The gray of their face wraps around their neck as a collar. Their back is black, sometimes with gray mottling, and their rump and uppertail coverts are gray. Their wings are mostly black with a white stripe on the scapulars and white edges on the coverts, secondaries, and tertials. Voice: The grey-collared becard's song is "a rich and constantly repeated (usually 4–6 times, and ten in c. 10 seconds) hoo wee-deet or hu whi-ditt whistle". Its call is a "begging-like eeuup-eeuup-eeuup" and it occasionally makes "squabbles and nasal agitated notes".

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Photo: Ron Knight from Seaford, East Sussex, United Kingdom · CC BY 2.0

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