Yellow-cheeked becard

Yellow-cheeked becard
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Tityridae
Genus:Pachyramphus
Species: P. xanthogenys
Binomial name
Pachyramphus xanthogenys
Salvadori & Festa, 1898

The yellow-cheeked becard (Pachyramphus xanthogenys) is a passerine bird in the family Tityridae. It is treated variously as a distinct species or as a subspecies of the green-backed becard, Pachyramphus viridis. It has traditionally been placed in Cotingidae or Tyrannidae, but evidence strongly suggest it is better placed in Tityridae,[2] where now placed by South American Classification Committee. It is mainly found in Ecuador and Peru.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

There are two subspecies:[3]

  • P. x. xanthogenys Salvadori & Festa, 1898 – south Colombia, east Ecuador
  • P. x. peruanus Hartert & Goodson, 1917 – central Peru

References

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2017). "Pachyramphus xanthogenys". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Proposal (313) to South American Classification Committee: Adopt the Family Tityridae". South American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society. 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  3. ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2017). "Cotingas, manakins, tityras & becards". World Bird List Version 7.3. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 9 January 2018.


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