Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)
Black-and-white Becard (Pachyramphus albogriseus) - HBW 9, p. 459
French: Bécarde pie
German: Graurückenbekarde
Spanish: Anambé Blanquinegro
Taxonomy: Pachyramphus albo-griseus P. L. Sclater, 1857, “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. Has been suggested that it is closely related to, and possibly conspecific with, P. marginatus; the two appear to replace each other geographically and could be considered to represent a z.. View all taxonomy...
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. Has been suggested that it is closely related to, and possibly conspecific with, P. marginatus; the two appear to replace each other geographically and could be considered to represent a zoogeographical species. Racial identity of birds in NW Ecuador uncertain, as both guayaquilensis and salvini seem to occur there; some revision of races probably necessary. Five subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- ornatus Cherrie, 1891 - Costa Rica and W Panama (Chiriquí and Veraguas, possibly farther E).
- coronatus Phelps, Sr & Phelps, Jr, 1953 - N Colombia (SW slope of Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Sierra de Perijá) and extreme NW Venezuela (Perijá Mts).
- albogriseus P. L. Sclater, 1857 - NE Colombia (E slope of E Andes from N Norte de Santander S to N Boyacá and SE Nariño) and N Venezuela (Andes from Lara S to S Táchira, also Yaracuy and coastal mountains from Carabobo E to W Sucre).
- ornatus Cherrie, 1891 - Costa Rica and W Panama (Chiriquí and Veraguas, possibly farther E).
- coronatus Phelps, Sr & Phelps, Jr, 1953 - N Colombia (SW slope of Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Sierra de Perijá) and extreme NW Venezuela (Perijá Mts).
- albogriseus P. L. Sclater, 1857 - NE Colombia (E slope of E Andes from N Norte de Santander S to N Boyacá and SE Nariño) and N Venezuela (Andes from Lara S to S Táchira, also Yaracuy and coastal mountains from Carabobo E to W Sucre).
- guayaquilensis J. T. Zimmer, 1936 - W Ecuador (W Esmeraldas and Manabí S, including Puna I, to Guayas and El Oro).
- salvini Richmond, 1899 - E Ecuador (apparently also crossing to Pacific slope in Pichincha) and NW & C Peru (Pacific lowlands S to Lambayeque and Cajamarca, also E side of C Andes from Amazonas and San Martín S to Ayacucho).
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adult male
Locality Jorupe Reserve, Loja Province, Ecuador (ssp guayaquilensis)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 15 August 2011 36 weeks ago 3.6 -
Ventral view from behind of a perched male
Locality Macarao National Park, Venezuela (ssp albogriseus)
Mikko Pyhälä 13 September 2009 2 years ago 3.6 -
adult female
Locality Jorupe Reserve, Loja Province, Ecuador (ssp guayaquilensis)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 15 August 2011 36 weeks ago 3.4
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song of a male near nest Locality Jorupe Reserve, Loja Province, Ecuador
(ssp guayaquilensis)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 31 January 2010 2 years ago 4
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