Copyright: monacoeye • Itatiaia, RJ • Nov 2009 • Do not copy without permission

Bird name: Black Tailed Tityra
Latin: Tityra cayana
Other: Anambé-branco-de-rabo-preto (Br)
Family: Tityridae • Tityras
Range: Widespread South America

The female Black-tailed Tityra, above, has streaked chest and grey-brown cap whereas the male, pictured below, is white underneath with black cap. Both have red skin around the eyes.

These photos are of the nominate cayana subspecies of Black-tailed Tityra, seen here in Itatiaia in the Brazilian Mata Atlantica. The female of other subspecies, Tityra cayana brasiliensis, has a dark cap like the male.

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Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Ammo Ponds, Panama • April 2010

Bird name: Masked Tityra
Latin: Tityra semifasciata
Other: Titira enmascarado (Es), Puerquito
Family: Tityridae • Tityras
Range: Mexico to Southern Amazonia

We saw these Masked Tityras at the Ammo Ponds in central Panama. Above looks like a female and below (in “more photos”) possibly a juvenile or female? Adult males have white backs and crowns - no brown.More photos...

Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Ammo Ponds, Panama • April 2010

Bird name: Black Crowned Tityra
Latin: Tityra inquisitor
Other: Eastern Mexico to northeast Argentina
Family: Tityridae • Tityras
Range:

The Black-Crowned Tityras lack the red ocular skin and bill colouring of the Masked Tityra. Male Black-Crowned Tityras (above) are largely black and white, with black head above the eye. Directly below (in “more photos”), I think, is a female with chestnut sides to head.

These Black-Crowned Tityras were also seen at the Ammo Ponds in central Panama.More photos...

Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Chiriqui, Panama • May 2010

Bird name: Barred Becard
Latin: Pachyramphus versicolor
Other:
Family: Tityridae • Becards
Range: Costa Rica and western Panama, then Colombia, NW Bolivia and NW Venezuela

The Barred Becard male, above, is black and white with yellow on face and throat. The female, below, has a slate grey cap, brown on wings, and barred yellow underparts.

I saw these individuals in the highland forests of Chiriqui in western Panama.

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Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • El Valle, Panama • April 2010

Bird name: White Winged Becard
Latin: Pachyramphus polychopterus
Other:
Family: Tityridae • Becards
Range: Guatemala to Uruguay

The adult male White-winged Becard is light underneath with black and white on wings, black top of head, tail and back. The female is browner with yellow underneath.

These White-winged Becards were seen in central Panama.More photos...

Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Gamboa, Panama • April 2010

Bird name: Cinnamon Becard
Latin: Pachyramphus cinnamomeus
Other:
Family: Tityridae • Becards
Range: Southeast Mexico to northwest Ecuador

We saw this Cinnamon Becard near the Gamboa Rainforest Resort.

Both male and female Cinnamon Becards are cinnamon all over, pale underneath and pale supraloral.

Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Mostardas, RS • November 2009

Bird name: Crested Becard
Latin: Pachyramphus validus
Other: Plain Becard • Caneleiro-de-chapéu-preto (Br)
Family: Tityridae • Becards
Range: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay and Peru

The Crested Becard is a South-American bird, its range extending to Argentina and Peru and most of Brazil. These individuals were seen in the south of Brazil near Lagoa do Peixe and in Ubatuba.

Both male and female have a dark grey crest, giving them a spiky haired look, but the remaining upperside feathers on the male are also dark grey whereas the female is mostly rufous. They are pale buffish on the underside.

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Photo copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy • Images: Mostardas, RS • November 2009

Bird name: Chestnut Crowned Becard
Latin: Pachyramphus castaneus
Other: Caneleiro (Br)
Family: Tityridae • Becards
Range: Widespread South America

There are roughly two distinct populations of Chestnut-crowned Becard in South-America. The southeastern one is mostly found in Brazil in the southeast. The Chestnut-crowned Becard was fairly common in Itatiaia, where these individuals were seen.

The Chestnut-crowned Becard is mostly rufous, with a greyish band running behind the eyes round the back of the head and greyish lores. The cap is a deeper chestnut colour, the bill is dark. My individuals had greyish or light patches near the base of the back and wings (see below). They often seemed to duck down, keeping a low profile.More photos...

120 Tityridae - Tityras, Becards - IOC 2.5 2010

Oxyruncus cristatus - Sharpbill - Widespread South America

Onychorhynchus coronatus - Amazonian Royal Flycatcher - Amazonia
Onychorhynchus mexicanus - Northern Royal Flycatcher - S Mexico to NW Venezuela
Onychorhynchus occidentalis - Pacific Royal Flycatcher - W Ecuador, NW Peru
Onychorhynchus swainsoni - Atlantic Royal Flycatcher - SE Brazil

Myiobius villosus - Tawny-breasted Myiobius - W Venezuela to NW Bolivia
Myiobius sulphureipygius - Sulphur-rumped Myiobius - SE Mexico to W Ecuador
Myiobius barbatus - Whiskered Myiobius - Amazonia
Myiobius atricaudus - Black-tailed Myiobius - Costa Rica to Ecuador, E Brazil

Terenotriccus erythrurus - Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher - SE Mexico through Amazonia

Tityra inquisitor - Black-crowned Tityra - E Mexico to NE Argentina
Tityra cayana - Black-tailed Tityra - Widespread South America
Tityra semifasciata - Masked Tityra - Mexico to S Amazonia

Schiffornis major - Varzea Schiffornis - C, W Amazonia
Schiffornis turdina - Thrush-like Schiffornis - SE Mexico through Amazonia, E Brazil
Schiffornis virescens - Greenish Schiffornis - E, SE South America

Laniocera rufescens - Speckled Mourner - SE Mexico to SW Colombia
Laniocera hypopyrra - Cinereous Mourner - Amazonia, SE Brazil

Iodopleura pipra - Buff-throated Purpletuft - E, SE Brazil
Iodopleura fusca - Dusky Purpletuft - E Venezuela, Guianas, NE Brazil
Iodopleura isabellae - White-browed Purpletuft - Amazonia

Laniisoma elegans - Brazilian Laniisoma - SE Brazil
Laniisoma buckleyi - Andean Laniisoma - Venezuela to Bolivia

Xenopsaris albinucha - White-naped Xenopsaris - N, E Brazil to N Argentina

Pachyramphus viridis - Green-backed Becard - N, E, C South America
Pachyramphus xanthogenys - Yellow-cheeked Becard - S Colombia to Peru
Pachyramphus versicolor - Barred Becard - Costa Rica to NW Bolivia
Pachyramphus spodiurus - Slaty Becard - W Ecuador, NW Peru
Pachyramphus rufus - Cinereous Becard - Panama & N South America, Amazonia
Pachyramphus castaneus - Chestnut-crowned Becard - Widespread South America
Pachyramphus cinnamomeus - Cinnamon Becard - SE Mexico to W Ecuador
Pachyramphus polychopterus - White-winged Becard - Guatemala to Uruguay
Pachyramphus marginatus - Black-capped Becard - Amazonia, E Brazil
Pachyramphus albogriseus - Black-and-white Becard - Costa Rica to N Venezuela & C Peru
Pachyramphus major - Grey-collared Becard - Widespread Middle America
Pachyramphus surinamus - Glossy-backed Becard - NE Amazonia
Pachyramphus homochrous - One-colored Becard - Panama to N Venezuela & NW Peru
Pachyramphus minor - Pink-throated Becard - Amazonia
Pachyramphus validus - Crested Becard - E, C South America
Pachyramphus aglaiae - Rose-throated Becard - Widespread Middle America
Pachyramphus niger - Jamaican Becard - Jamaica

Incertae Sedis - Family Uncertain

Phibalura - Swallow-tailed Cotinga not Cotingidae?
Phibalura flavirostris - Swallow-tailed Cotinga - SE South America

Calyptura - unclear
Calyptura cristata - Kinglet Calyptura - SE Brazil