#becard

photograph by Abdullah Bereket

April 28, 2026 - Jamaican Becard (Pachyramphus niger) Found only in Jamaica, these becards live in forests and cultivated areas. They eat insects and fruit, picking food from surfaces in short flights or while hovering and capturing prey in the air. Breeding from March to June, they build large round nests with entrances near the bottom suspended from branches, sometimes raising multiple broods a year. Females lay clutches of three eggs.

Rose-throated becards

pls natasha let this ship sail in season 2 

photograph by Anna-Petra

photograph by Richard Fray

October 30, 2024 - White-winged Becard (Pachyramphus polychopterus) Found in Central and South America from Guatemala south to northern Argentina, these becards live around the borders of woodlands and forests, often near water. Foraging alone or in pairs and often joining mixed-species flocks, they eat insects, spiders, and small berries. They build bulky round nests with side entrances from grass, moss, leaves, and other materials in trees. Females incubate clutches of two to four eggs alone but both parents feed the chicks.