Pachyramphus polychopterus
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
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 |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a White-winged Becard sighting in Coiba National Park on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 76th most-seen of the 118 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a White-winged Becard in Coiba National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April, July–August and November–January, the lowest months. That is one of Coiba National Park's driest months, with about 50 mm of rain against 590 mm in November. May and October have too few records to rate.
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.
12th of 49
Of the 49 parks where we can rate White-winged Becard sightings, Coiba National Park ranks 12th at about 10%. 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 order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the White-winged Becard that you can see in Coiba National Park (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Lance-tailed Manakin (about 60%), Bananaquit (about 60%) and Barred Antshrike (about 60%), 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 Coiba National Park (12 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.
