Pachyramphus minor
The Pink-throated Becard, *Pachyramphus minor*, is a striking passerine bird of the Cotingidae family, renowned for its vivid sexual dimorphism. Males are instantly recognizable by their glossy black cap, slate-gray back, and brilliant rose-pink throat, contrasting sharply with clean white underparts and a rufous rump. Females, while lacking the male's showy throat, exhibit a warm palette of rufous on the crown, olive-green upperparts, and yellowish underparts, also featuring a distinctive ru...
Found primarily in humid lowland tropical and subtropical forests, often frequenting the mid-story to canopy layers. It adapts to forest edges, clearings, and gallery forests, typically below 1200 meters elevation.
Primarily insectivorous, feeding on beetles, caterpillars, spiders, and other arthropods gleaned from leaves and branches or caught in short aerial sallies. They occasionally supplement their diet with small fruits or berries.
Pink-throated Becards are diurnal and often observed singly or in pairs, though they frequently join mixed-species foraging flocks, especially outside the breeding season. They are active foragers, employing a combination of gleaning insects from foliage and occasional sally-strikes to catch prey...
The Pink-throated Becard is widely distributed across the northern and western Amazon Basin, extending into the Guianas and parts of Venezuela and Colombia. Its breeding range covers vast lowlands of eastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, northern Bolivia, and much of Amazonian Brazil. ...
Least Concern
- The male Pink-throated Becard's vibrant rose-pink throat is one of the most striking and distinctive plumage features among all Neotropical birds. - Despite their brilliant colors, these becards are often difficult to spot, as they tend to move quietly and deliberately within dense forest folia...