Black-and-white Becard

Pachyramphus albogriseus Sclater, PL, 1857

Black-and-white Becard, Pachyramphus albogriseus, is a passerine of the Tityridae family found in montane forest from Costa Rica and western Panama through northern and north-eastern Colombia and north-west Venezuela, and along the eastern Andes to southern Peru. It was described by Sclater in 1857. Its range is disjunct, with one northern population in Central America and another across the Andes. It is associated with humid foothill and montane woodland with a dense understorey, and it occurs from 750 to 1,800 m in Central America.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Tityridae — Tityras, Becards & Allies

Breeding range

Middle America, South America: Montane forest in Costa Rica and w Panama then discontinually to n, ne Colombia and nw Venezuela (Santa Marta Mts. and Perijá Mts.) to n Venezuela and along e slope of Andes from e Colombia to s Peru