Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)
Slaty Becard (Pachyramphus spodiurus) - HBW 9, p. 454
French: Bécarde ardoisée
German: Schieferbekarde
Spanish: Anambé Pizarra
Taxonomy: Pachyramphus spodiurus P. L. Sclater, 1860, Babahoyo, Los Ríos, Ecuador.
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, and perhaps conspecific with, P. rufus; the two appear to replace each other geographically and, arguably, constitute a zoogeographical sp.. View all taxonomy...
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, and perhaps conspecific with, P. rufus; the two appear to replace each other geographically and, arguably, constitute a zoogeographical species. Monotypic.
Distribution: W Ecuador (W Esmeraldas and Pichincha S to W Loja) and extreme NW Peru (Tumbes, Piura, Cajamarca).
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A female moving around the nest nervously. Locality Jorupe Reserve, Loja Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Yanayacu Biological Station 10 April 2006 4 years ago 47 sec 3.8 -
A male landing on a branch, flying to the nest entrance, returning to the branch and flying away. Locality Jorupe Reserve, Loja Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Yanayacu Biological Station 10 April 2006 4 years ago 24 sec 3.3 -
A female moving several times from the nest to a branch next to it. Locality Jorupe Reserve, Loja Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Yanayacu Biological Station 10 April 2006 4 years ago 45 sec 2.5 -
A male preening next to the nest. Locality Jorupe Reserve, Loja Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Yanayacu Biological Station 10 April 2006 4 years ago 36 sec 2
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Adult in mixed feeding flock
Locality Milpe, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
nvoaden 1 November 2009 51 weeks ago 3.8 -
A male perched on a twig
Locality Río Silanche Bird Sanctuary, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 23 September 2012 22 weeks ago 3.6 -
immature male perched
Locality Jocotoco Foundation’s Canandé Station, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 14 January 2010 3 years ago 2
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