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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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When to see the Grey-collared Becard
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is December, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Grey-collared Becard
The map shades 6 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in United States.
About the Grey-collared Becard
The grey-collared becard is a species of bird in the family Tityridae, the tityras, becards, and allies. It is found in Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua. It has also occurred as a vagrant in Arizona and Texas.
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Easily confused with
Black-capped BecardPachyramphus marginatusThe black-capped becard is 13 to 14 cm (5.1 to 5.5 in) long and weighs about 18 g (0.63 oz).
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).
Cryptic BecardPachyramphus salviniThe cryptic becard is about 14 cm (5.5 in) long and weighs an average of about 17 g (0.60 oz).
Side by side: Grey-collared Becard vs Pink-throated Becard · Cryptic Becard vs Grey-collared Becard
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