About the Cryptic Becard
The cryptic becard is a species of bird in the family Tityridae, the tityras, becards, and allies. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
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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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Where it lives
When to see it
Peak activity in November · a variable species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Pink-throated BecardPachyramphus minorThe pink-throated becard is 16.5 to 17.5 cm (6.5 to 6.9 in) long and weighs 31 to 44 g (1.1 to 1.6 oz).
Jamaican BecardPachyramphus nigerThe Jamaican becard is about 18 cm (7.1 in) long and weighs about 39 to 41.5 g (1.4 to 1.5 oz).
Black-and-white BecardPachyramphus albogriseusThe black-and-white becard is 13.2 to 15.0 cm (5.2 to 5.9 in) long and weighs about 16 to 26 g (0.56 to 0.92 oz).
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