Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)

Barred Becard (Pachyramphus versicolor) - HBW 9, p. 454

French: Bécarde barrée German: Wellenbekarde Spanish: Anambé Barrado

Taxonomy: Vireo versicolor Hartlaub, 1843, “Bogotá”, Colombia.
Genus formerly included with Tityra in the Cotingidae, but transferred to present family because of several shared, derived features of the skull and syrinx. Because both genera exhibit similarity to cotingids in many other features, some authors prefer to leave them in that family or to treat them as representing a separate family (Tityridae). Phylogenetic affinity of present species unknown. Variation among races negligible; has been suggested that meridionalis should perhaps be merged with nominate. Three subspecies currently recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

costaricensis Bangs, 1908 - Costa Rica and W Panama (Chiriquí).
versicolor (Hartlaub, 1843) - Sierra de Perijá, and Andes from SW Venezuela (S from SE Lara) and Colombia (S of Valle in W Andes, S from Norte de Santander in C range, and from SE Santander and NE Boyacá S on both slopes of E cordillera) S to C & SE Ecuador (S on W slope to Chimborazo and on E slope to Zamora-Chinchipe).
meridionalis Carriker, 1934 - SE Ecuador (Zamora-Chinchipe), Peru (N Amazonas S to N Puno, including extension on Pacific slope in SW Cajamarca) and NW Bolivia (La Paz, Cochabamba).