Cinereous Becard
Pachyramphus rufus (Boddaert, 1783)
Tityridae — Tityras, Becards & Allies
Cinereous Becard, Pachyramphus rufus, is a passerine of the family Tityridae, found in Middle America and northern South America, from Panama through Amazonia. It is a year-round resident in forested country, including gallery forest, secondary growth, forest margins, deciduous woodland, scrub, mangroves, and human-altered areas with scattered trees. Its range also reaches Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela, with old records from Ecuador but no confirmed presence there. The species was described by Boddaert in 1783 and is placed in Pachyramphus.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Tityridae — Tityras, Becards & Allies
- Breeding range
- Middle America, South America: Panama and n SA, Amazonia
