WHITE-WINGED BECARD Pachyramphus polychopterus
A migratory species, the White-winged is the most commonly-encountered of the Becards. Flycatcher-like in behaviour, males bear a startling resemblance to the completely unrelated Variable Antshrike and must be separated with care!  Once classed with the flycatchers (Tyrannidae) and even the Cotingas (Cotingas) the taxonomic position of the Becards has recently been confirmed to lie among the newly-defined "Schiffornis Assemblage" (Tityridae).
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FIGURE 1 - (FPAVE1971PH) Adult male, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith December 2006).
FIGURE 2 - (FPAVE1972PH) Adult female, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith February 2007).
FIGURE 3 - (FPAVE1973PH) Same individual upperwing (Paul Smith February 2007).
FIGURE 4 - (FPAVE1974PH) Nest, Hotel Tirol, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith January 2007).
FIGURE 5 - (FPAVE1975PH) Chick on day 1 after hatching, Hotel Tirol, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith January 2007).
VIDEO - (FPAVE1976VI) Adult male, Hotel Tirol, Departamento Itapúa  (Paul Smith December 2009).
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Pachyramphus polychopterus
1 (FPAVE1977RE) Call recorded PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith March 2007).
2 (FPAVE1978RE) Song recorded Ocampos, PN San Rafael, Departamento Itapúa (Myriam Velázquez October 2001).
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