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Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)

Cinnamon Becard (Pachyramphus cinnamomeus) - HBW 9, p. 455

French: Bécarde cannelle German: Zimtbekarde Spanish: Anambé Canelo

Taxonomy: Pachyramphus cinnamomeus Lawrence, 1861, Lion Hill, Panama.
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. Possibly closest to to P. castaneus; the two are sometimes treated as a single zoogeographical species, essentially replacing each other geographically, but slight morphological difference.. View all taxonomy...

Taxonomy: Pachyramphus cinnamomeus Lawrence, 1861, Lion Hill, Panama.
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. Possibly closest to to P. castaneus; the two are sometimes treated as a single zoogeographical species, essentially replacing each other geographically, but slight morphological differences between them considered by most authorities sufficient for treatment as distinct species. Variation among races, especially in NE Colombia and NW Venezuela, requires closer inspection. Four subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • fulvidior Griscom, 1932 - SE Mexico (SE Veracruz and NE Oaxaca E to N Tabasco and S Chiapas), N Guatemala, C & S Belize, N Honduras and N & E Nicaragua S to W Panama (W Chiriquí, W Bocas del Toro).
  • cinnamomeus Lawrence, 1861 - E Panama (Cerro Azul/Jefe, Bayano Valley, and Darién), NW & W Colombia (S to N Tolima and S Antioquia, E to upper Sinu Valley, and E of Andes from Cataatumbo S to W Meta) and W Ecuador (S to NW Azuay and El Oro).
  • magdalenae Chapman, 1914 - N Colombia (lower Magdalena Valley and N Sucre, and E from lower Sinu Valley) and W Venezuela (S Maracaibo Basin, NW Táchira, W Mérida).
  • badius Phelps, Sr & Phelps, Jr, 1955 - W Venezuela (E slope of Andes in S Táchira).

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