Order: Passeriformes (Suboscines) - Family: Tityridae
Status: Summer visitor - Breeder. Habitat: Woods

All records since January 2014

© Pablo Mosto The White-winged Becard has never fit to the letter within a family. First it was included in the Cotingidae Family. Then it was moved to the Tyrannid Family since the morphology of the syrinx (vocal organ) was much more similar to that of tyrannids'. Even then this did not satisfy taxonomists. Recent morphological and genetic studies have shown a common thread for this and almost other 30 bird species which were in the same situation. All of them have been grouped in a new family: Tityridae. Only three of them are found in the reserve. They are: White-winged Becard Pachyramphus polychopterus frequent summer visitor and breeder, a male illustrated in the photo Green-backed Becard Pachyramphus viridis and White-naped Xenopsaris Xenopsaris albinucha with few records. CR

Sounds
© Cora Rimoldi	© José Luis Merlo	© José L. Merlo

Adult male
© Astrid Wessels Bright black half-crest. Coverts with white edging
© Pablo Mosto White tip on rectrices

Adult female
© J. Simón Tagtachian Brownish upperparts. Cinnamon wing-bar
© J. Simón Tagtachian Cinnamon tipped tail. Yellowish underparts

Breeding
3-13 © J. Simón Tagtachian	3-13 © J. Simón Tagtachian
© J. Simón Tagtachian

Diet
© J. Simón Tagtachian	© J. Simón Tagtachian Eating an insect

© J. Simón Tagtachian

© J. Simón Tagtachian Eating blackberry

More photographic records since January 2013