Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)

Glossy-backed Becard (Pachyramphus surinamus) - HBW 9, p. 460

French: Bécarde du Surinam German: Weißbauchbekarde Spanish: Anambé de Surinam

Taxonomy: [Muscicapa] surinama Linnaeus, 1766, Surinam.
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. Monotypic.

Distribution: Surinam, French Guiana, and N Brazil (from lower R Negro at Manaus E almost to R Tapajós; also recorded S of Amazon on R Urucu, in C Amazonas); one sight record from Venezuela (lower R Caura, in N Bolívar).