Cinereous becard facts for kids
The cinereous becard (its scientific name is Pachyramphus rufus) is a type of bird. It belongs to the Tityridae family. The word cinereous means ash-gray. This describes the bird's color.
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| Female at Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas state, Brazil | |
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Where Does the Cinereous Becard Live?
This bird lives in several countries in South and Central America. You can find it in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
It likes to live in warm, wet forests. It also lives in dry areas with many shrubs. Sometimes, it can even be found in forests that have been changed by people.
Naming the Cinereous Becard
The cinereous becard was first described in 1779. A French scientist named Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon wrote about it. He saw a bird from Cayenne, French Guiana.
Later, in 1783, a Dutch scientist named Pieter Boddaert gave the bird its first scientific name. He called it Muscicapa rufa.
Today, the cinereous becard is part of the genus Pachyramphus. This group name was given by an English zoologist, George Robert Gray, in 1839. The name Pachyramphus comes from ancient Greek words. Pakhus means "stout" or "thick," and rhamphos means "bill." So, it means "thick-billed." The second part of its name, rufus, is a Latin word meaning "red."
