GREEN-BACKED BECARD Pachyramphus viridis
The most colourful of the becards, this species has a catholic habitat taste and is found at low density from the most humid of forests to the driest of Chaco. Listen out for his whistling call from the tree tops. When you finally see the bird you may notice a slight plumage resemblance to the Rufous-browed Peppershrike, though the black head markings are a real give away that its a becard you are dealing with.
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FIGURE 1 - (FPAVE1279PH) Adult male singing, Isla Yacyreta, Departamento Misiones (Paul Smith October 2009).
FIGURE 2 - (FPAVE1280PH) Adult male lateral, Isla Yacyreta, Departamento Misiones (Paul Smith September 2010).
FIGURE 3 - (FPAVE1281PH) Same individual as (FPAVE1280PH) ventral (Paul Smith September 2010).
VIDEO A - (FPAVE1282VI) Adult male, Isla Yacyreta, Departamento Misiones (Paul Smith September 2010).
VIDEO B - (FPAVE2939VI) Adult male, Tres Gigantes, Departamento Alto Paraguay (Paul Smith August 2011).
Pachyramphus viridis
1 (FPAVE1280PH) Response to playback recorded Isla Yacyreta, Departamento Misiones (Paul Smith October 2009).
Click the link to hear the call. Longer versions of this call can be downloaded from the Paraguay page of our partner website www.xeno-canto.com - the largest collection of freely downloadable Neotropical bird calls available online.
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