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Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)

Yellow-cheeked Becard (Pachyramphus xanthogenys) - HBW 9, p. 453

French: Bécarde à joues jaunes German: Gelbwangenbekarde Spanish: Anambé Cariamarillo

Taxonomy: Pachyrhamphus xanthogenys Salvadori and Festa, 1898, River Zamora, 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. Previously considered conspecific with P. viridis, but differs in plumage and habits and is widely separated geographically. Validity of race peruanus uncertain. Two subspecies reco.. View all taxonomy...

Taxonomy: Pachyrhamphus xanthogenys Salvadori and Festa, 1898, River Zamora, 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. Previously considered conspecific with P. viridis, but differs in plumage and habits and is widely separated geographically. Validity of race peruanus uncertain. Two subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • xanthogenys Salvadori & Festa, 1898 - E Ecuador (E slope of Andes from W Sucumbíos S to Zamora-Chinchipe) and N Peru (Cajamarca, Amazonas); probably also extreme S Colombia.
  • peruanus Hartert & Goodson, 1917 - C & SE Peru (Huánuco, Pasco, Junín, Madre de Dios).

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