Rose-throated Becard

Location

San Gerardo de Dota, San Jose
Costa Rica

Metadata

Make Nikon D2X
Lens Nikkor AF-S VR 70-200 mm f/2.8G at 300 mm
Exposure 1/640, f/8.0, ISO 200
Image size 565 x 667 pixels

IOC Names

Order Passeriformes Family Tityridae

Deutsch Dickkopfbekarde Dutch Grote Bekarde
Italian Beccaio golarosata Spanish Anambé Degollado

Comments

Males of this bird are much darker in Costa Rica, with rosy throat-patch faint or lacking, than in the northern races extending to the Texas and Arizona borders. See the internet photo by LS Hegedus below.

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05/01/2006

Rose-throated Becard male
Pachyramphus aglaiae
Bécarde à gorge rose

Jean-Michel PAULUS