Pachyramphus polychopterus
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
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 Curitiba on a given day, based on 41 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 147th most-seen of the 247 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.
March
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a White-winged Becard in Curitiba on a given day, against under 5% in February and May–December, 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.
3rd of 16
Of the 16 cities where we can rate White-winged Becard sightings, Curitiba ranks 3rd at under 5%. The best odds are in Buenos Aires (Argentina, about 10%) and Rio de Janeiro (Brazil, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White-winged Becard is recorded against all the birds logged in Curitiba (41 verified sightings), 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.
