Black-capped Becard (Pachyramphus marginatus)

Identification & Behavior: ~13.5 cm (5.2 in). The male Black-capped Becard is mostly gray with a black cap and black wings with wing bars and feathers fringed with white. The tail is dark with white tips. The female has a brown cap, olive mantle, and olive-yellow underparts. The wing is dusky with feathers fringed with brown. The tail feathers have brown tips. The female is similar to the female White-winged Becard but is distinguished by having an olive mantle and yellow-olive underparts.

Status: The Black-capped Becard is uncommon and widespread in Amazonia where it is known to range up to 750 m along the foothill of the Andes. It also occurs in Co, Ec, Br, and Bo.

Name in Spanish: Cabezón de Gorro Negro.

Sub-species: Black-capped Becard (Pachyramphus marginatus nanus), Bangs and Penard, 1921.

Meaning of Name: Pachyramphus: Gr. pakhus= stout, thick and rhamphos= bill. marginatus: L. margo, marginis= border, edge; marginatus= bordered, edged.

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