Order: Passeriformes (Suboscines) - Family: Tityridae
Status: Summer visitor - Breeder. Habitat: Woods
All records since January 2014 |
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![]() The White-winged Becard has never fit to the letter within a family. First it was included in the Cotingidae Family. Then it was moved to the Tyrannid Family since the morphology of the syrinx (vocal organ) was much more similar to that of tyrannids'. Even then this did not satisfy taxonomists. Recent morphological and genetic studies have shown a common thread for this and almost other 30 bird species which were in the same situation. All of them have been grouped in a new family: Tityridae. Only three of them are found in the reserve. They are: White-winged Becard Pachyramphus polychopterus frequent summer visitor and breeder, a male illustrated in the photo Green-backed Becard Pachyramphus viridis and White-naped Xenopsaris Xenopsaris albinucha with few records. CR |
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![]() © Cora Rimoldi |
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Adult male |
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![]() Bright black half-crest. Coverts with white edging |
![]() White tip on rectrices |
Adult female |
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![]() Brownish upperparts. Cinnamon wing-bar |
![]() Cinnamon tipped tail. Yellowish underparts |
Breeding | |
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![]() Eating an insect |
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![]() Eating blackberry |
More photographic records since January 2013 |
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