A lovely bird
This lovely bird, which is often silvery grey, can be identified by the pinkish ”mask” covering its eyes and the pinkish base of its beak.
The 8-inch-long disguised tityra (Tityra semifasciata) is a bird.
It may be identified by its huge, hooked red beak with a black tip, black face mask with red cheeks, black tail band, black flight feathers, and grey legs and feet.
This male can be distinguished from close relatives by its shining grayish-white body, pinkish background to the bill, and pinkish ”mask” surrounding the eyes.
The female of the species lacks the striped pattern seen on the underside and upper portion of Black-tailed Tityra females and is brownish-gray in appearance.
Within 250 miles of the US border, masked Tityras can be seen in the woods and woodlands of Mexico.
Then, their range moves south through Central America to Paraguay and northern and central South America.
These birds like semi-open environments, including plantation shade trees, border clearings and forests, demand increases, and other semi-open habitats.
They are commonly seen sitting prominently while looking for food, either alone or in pairs.
Consuming mostly fruits of medium size. They occasionally feed their chicks large insects.
The female will typically construct her nest on the peak of a dead palm tree or an old woodpecker nest during the mating phase.
She will act as the only incubator as she lays up to two eggs on a bed of dead leaves.
Every year, she will also have two broods, and when the chicks are two weeks old, both parents will start feeding them.
