Barred Becard

The adult Barred Becard is 12 cm long and weighs 14 g; it has a conspicuous eye ring. The adult male has black upperparts with much white in the wings. The sides of the head and throat are yellowish-green shading to white on the rest of the underparts. The underparts are finely barred with black. The adult female has a grey crown and nape, olive-green upperparts and largely rufous wings. The greenish-yellow underparts are finely barred with dusky. Young males are much duller and greener than the adults, with weaker barring. The calls include a soft but persistent weet weet weet weet or a teseep tesep tseep tseep.

The Barred Becard is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The Barred Becard, Pachyramphus versicolor, is a small passerine bird which is a resident breeding species in highlands from Costa Rica to northwestern Ecuador and northern Bolivia. It has traditionally been placed in Cotingidae or Tyrannidae, but evidence strongly suggest it is belong in Tityridae, where now placed by SACC. The adult Barred Becard is 12 cm long and weighs 14 g; it has a conspicuous eye ring. The adult male has black upperparts with much white in the wings. More

The Barred Becard, Pachyramphus versicolor, is a resident breeder in the highlands from Costa Rica to northwestern Ecuador and northern Bolivia. They can be seen in the canopies and middle levels of mountain forests, coming lower at edges and in adjacent more open woodland, mainly at altitudes between 1500-2500 m. They can occur singly, in pairs or family groups, or often as part of a mixed-species feeding flock. More

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