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Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)

Pink-throated Becard (Pachyramphus minor) - HBW 9, p. 461

French: Bécarde de Lesson German: Rosensternbekarde Spanish: Anambé Gorgirrosa

Taxonomy: Querula minor Lesson, 1830, Cayenne, French Guiana.
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 P. aglaiae, P. homochrous and P. validus, or even conspecific with first two; all are sometimes combined in a separate genus,.. View all taxonomy...

Taxonomy: Querula minor Lesson, 1830, Cayenne, French Guiana.
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 P. aglaiae, P. homochrous and P. validus, or even conspecific with first two; all are sometimes combined in a separate genus, Platypsaris, differing from present genus in nest shape and placement, as well as in some vocal and minor morphological characters. Monotypic.

Distribution: Most of Amazonia, from SE Colombia (E of Andes, from W Meta and Vaupés S to Amazonas), S & E Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar) and the Guianas S to E Ecuador, E Peru, N Bolivia (La Paz, Beni, N Santa Cruz) and S & C Brazil (S to Rondônia, W & N Mato Grosso, N Tocantins, Pará and N Maranhão).

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