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 Piedras Blancas National Park on a given day, based on 130 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 168th most-seen of the 344 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.
October
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a White-winged Becard in Piedras Blancas National Park on a given day, against under 5% in September and November–February, the lowest months. That is one of Piedras Blancas National Park's wettest months, with about 650 mm of rain against 55 mm in February.
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.
14th of 49
Of the 49 parks where we can rate White-winged Becard sightings, Piedras Blancas National Park ranks 14th 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%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White-winged Becard is recorded against all the birds logged in Piedras Blancas National Park (130 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.
