Pink-throated Becard

Pachyramphus minor

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestDomed nestSmall · 37 g

What the Pink-throated Becard sounds like

Sonogram of the Pink-throated Becard: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Pastaza: chacra 7 km N Canelos, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Pink-throated Becard: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call, calls · Orellana: 'Maxus' road km 37 (27 km SSE Pompeya), Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The 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). The species is sexually dimorphic. Adult males are mostly black to dark sooty gray. Their face and underparts are slightly paler than their back. They have the eponymous pink patch on the lower throat and upper breast, though sometimes it is indistinct. They have some white at the bend of the wing that is usually visible only in flight. Adult females have somewhat individually variable plumage. In general they have a grayish brown crown and nape. Voice: The pink-throated becard is generally quiet. Its song is described as "a clear, melodic teeuuuweeet often followed by twittering notes", "a thin, wiry, high, rising-falling, whiny tewwweeewww or a rising tueeeet?", and " a clear, rising whistle, tuuueeeE". Its calls include "a rapid chatter of squeaky whistles and whines and a sharp ik".

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When to see the Pink-throated Becard

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

Where to see the Pink-throated Becard

Regular range

The map shades 9 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Pink-throated Becard

The pink-throated becard is a species of bird in the family Tityridae, the tityras, becards, and allies. It is found in every mainland South American country except Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay.

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