Rose-Throated Becard

Another one of the few birds I spotted on my own in Tikal NP, Guatemala was the rose-throated becard. We were with our guide, Rony, down a small dirt road that led to somewhat of a garbage dump. It was early light and visibility wasn't great. I took a photo of the bird while Rony was distracted elsewhere, and showed it to Rony a little later. The photo was quite dark. He said he thought it was a becard and was trying to see if it had red on the throat which would make it a rose-throated becard. When I got home and worked on the photo in Lightroom I was able to lighten it up and saw the red on the throat. My photo looks more like a female with a red throat, but that's probably from my messing around with the color. 

It is my second species of becard. I saw a barred becard in Ecuador. 

Illustration of a female from Birds of the World. 

Illustration of a male from Birds of the World. 

Range from Birds of the World. 

AI notes that the subspecies insularis is found in the Yucatan Peninsula, northern Guatemala and Belize, which includes Tikal NP. Males are gray with a black cap and a small, hard-to-see rose-colored throat patch. Females have a rusty back, pale underside and dark cap.