Pachyramphus aglaiae
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The rose-throated becard (Pachyramphus aglaiae) is a medium-sized passerine bird in the family Tityridae. It breeds from southeasternmost Arizona and extreme southern Texas in the United States and across Central America to western Panama. Males are mostly gray with a dark crest and have a characteristic rose-colored neck bib, which is absent in certain rainforest populations. Females also have a dark crest but are otherwise browner, with rusty-brown upperparts and pale buffy underparts.
The rose-throated becard is an omnivore, consuming fruit, berries, seeds, and (primarily) insects, either on the wing or by gleaning. Its typical habitat is riparian woodland and other semi-arid or subtropical open habitats with scattered trees. Breeding typically begins in May, with three to six eggs being laid in a domed nest suspended from a high tree branch.
The rose-throated becard was formally described by French ornithologist and baron Frédéric de Lafresnaye in 1839 under the binomial name Pachyrhynchus aglaiae. This binomial is now considered invalid due to the name Pachyrhynchus already being used for a genus of beetles. The rose-throated becard is now placed in the genus Pachyramphus... Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monterrey | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 2 | Managua | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua | |
| 3 | San Salvador | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | |
| 4 | San Pedro Sula | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 5 | Guatemala City | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 6 | Guadalajara | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 7 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Rose-throated Becard sighting in Guadalajara on a given day, based on 31 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 106th most-seen of the 184 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.
December
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Rose-throated Becard in Guadalajara on a given day, against under 5% in January to November, the lowest months. That is one of Guadalajara's driest months, with about 5 mm of rain against 210 mm in July.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Rose-throated 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.
6th of 7
Of the 7 cities where we can rate Rose-throated Becard sightings, Guadalajara ranks 6th at under 5%. The best odds are in Monterrey (México, about 10%), Managua (Nicaragua, about 10%) and San Salvador (El Salvador, about 10%).
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Rose-throated Becard that you can see in Guadalajara (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Great-tailed Grackle (about 80%), House Finch (about 70%) and Vermilion Flycatcher (about 70%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Rose-throated Becard is recorded against all the birds logged in Guadalajara (31 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.
