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Crested Becard
Pachyramphus validus (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823)
Tityridae — Tityras, Becards & Allies
Crested Becard, Pachyramphus validus, is a bird of eastern and central South America, breeding in Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, Argentina and Peru. It belongs to the Tityridae family and is a member of the becards and allies. It is a woodland and forest-edge species, also using montane forest and wet ravines, and it is usually found in the canopy. The bird is sexually dimorphic, and the crown is shaggy rather than truly crested. Two subspecies are recognised, with the western form occurring in Peru, Bolivia and north-western Argentina.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Tityridae — Tityras, Becards & Allies
- Breeding range
- South America: e, c
