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Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)

Grey-collared Becard (Pachyramphus major) - HBW 9, p. 459

French: Bécarde du Mexique German: Schwarzrückenbekarde Spanish: Anambé Mexicano
Other common names: Mexican Becard

Taxonomy: Bathmidurus major Cabanis, 1847, Jalapa, Veracruz, Mexico.
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. Specimens from Honduras not racially identifiable; tentatively included in australis, but could belong with itzensis. Five subspecies currently recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • uropygialis Nelson, 1899 - W Mexico (S Sonora S to Guerrero).
  • major (Cabanis, 1847) - E Mexico (S Nuevo León and San Luis Potosí S to Oaxaca and W Chiapas).
  • itzensis Nelson, 1901 - SE Mexico (Campeche, Yucatán, Quintana Roo).

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  • uropygialis Nelson, 1899 - W Mexico (S Sonora S to Guerrero).
  • major (Cabanis, 1847) - E Mexico (S Nuevo León and San Luis Potosí S to Oaxaca and W Chiapas).
  • itzensis Nelson, 1901 - SE Mexico (Campeche, Yucatán, Quintana Roo).
  • matudai A. R. Phillips, 1966 - S Mexico (Pacific slope of Chiapas) and Guatemala.
  • australis W. deW. Miller & Griscom, 1925 - Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and NC Nicaragua.
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