Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)
Green-backed Becard (Pachyramphus viridis) - HBW 9, p. 453
French: Bécarde verte
German: Grünrückenbekarde
Spanish: Anambé Verdoso
Taxonomy: Tityra viridis Vieillot, 1816, Paraguay.
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. Previously considered conspecific with P. xanthogenys, but differs in plumage and habits and is widely separated geographically. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- griseigularis Salvin & Godman, 1883 - SE Venezuela (E Bolívar), Guyana (Mt Roraima) and locally in N Brazil (lower R Tapajós and E on both banks of Amazon to Marajó I).
- viridis (Vieillot, 1816) - NE, WC & S Brazil (from Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte and S Piauí S to Tocantins, S Mato Grosso and Rio Grando do Sul), E & S Bolivia (NE Santa Cruz S to E Chuquisaca and Tarija), Paraguay, N Argentina (S to Tucumán, Santa Fe and Entre Ríos) and N & E Uruguay.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male defecating once and preening in another tree Locality Boa Nova, Bahia State, Brazil (ssp viridis)
Josep del Hoyo 18 January 2005 4 years ago 44 sec 4.8 -
A brief view of a male in a bush Locality Curicaca Wildlife Refuge, Pantanal, Mato Grosso State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Alex García · Videoaves 24 July 2008 14 weeks ago 17 sec 3.8 -
An adult male near the nest. Locality Lagoa dos Gatos, Pernambuco State, Brazil
Carlos Gussoni 5 September 2011 37 weeks ago 13 sec 2.6
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Male
Locality Vuelta de Obligado Nature Reserve, San Pedro, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Silvia Vitale 17 July 2010 1 year ago 3.9 -
A male perched in a bush
Locality Pousada Kuryala, Sao Felix do Araguaia, Mato Grosso State, Brazil (ssp viridis)
Bradley Davis 1 December 2008 2 years ago 3.3
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Song from a male. Locality Itajuípe, Bahia State, Brazil
(ssp viridis)
Nick Athanas 26 September 2007 2 years ago 4
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