Slaty Becard

The slaty becard is about 14 cm (5.5 in) long. Adult males have a black crown and nape and a whitish spot above the lores on an otherwise slaty gray face. Their upperparts are mostly slaty gray with some black on the back. Their wings are blackish with thin white edges on the flight feathers and a black patch on the primary coverts. Their tail is dusky black; the feathers sometimes have pale grayish edges. Their underparts are gray that is slightly lighter on the throat. Adult females have a dark cinnamon-rufous crown, a pale spot above the lores, and a buff-cinnamon face. Voice: The slaty becard's song is "a short fast series of musical notes that start slowly and then quickly accelerate and rise in pitch and become a little louder, tu, tu, tee-tee-titititittrí". It also "gives a 2-second-long, slurred trill, starting lower, then evenly pitched".