Pachyramphus polychopterus
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The white-winged becard (Pachyramphus polychopterus) is a species of bird in the family Tityridae, the tityras, becards, and allies. It is found in every Central American country except El Salvador, on Trinidad and Tobago, and in every mainland South American country except Chile.
The white-winged becard was originally described in 1818 as Platyrhynchos polychopterus. It was eventually reassigned to genus Pachyramphus that the English zoologist George Robert Gray erected in 1839. The genus Pachyramphus has variously been assigned to the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae and the cotinga family Cotingidae. Several early twenty-first century studies confirmed the placement of Pachyramphus in Tityridae and taxonomic systems made the reassignment. In 1998 the American Ornithological Society was unsure where to place the genus and listed its members as incertae sedis but in 2011 moved them to Tityridae.
The white-winged becard has these eight subspecies: P. p.... Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Curitiba | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Maceió | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Cali | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 6 | Niterói | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Campo Grande | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Valencia | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 9 | Santos | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | Asuncion | 🇵🇾 Paraguay |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a White-winged Becard sighting in Chagres National Park on a given day, based on 31 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 235th most-seen of the 372 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February and May
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a White-winged Becard in Chagres National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–April and June–January, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White-winged Becard sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
28th of 49
Of the 49 parks where we can rate White-winged Becard sightings, Chagres National Park ranks 28th at under 5%. The best odds are in Sierra de la Macarena National Park (Colombia, about 20%), Tambopata National Reserve (Peru, about 20%) and Amacayacu National Natural Park (Colombia, about 20%).
Same family: Cotingidae
The closest relatives of the White-winged Becard that you can see in Chagres National Park (family Cotingidae, Cotingas) are Masked Tityra (about 20%) and Blue Cotinga (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White-winged Becard is recorded against all the birds logged in Chagres National Park (31 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
