Pachyramphus
Sign in to saveA becard is a bird of the genus Pachyramphus in the family Tityridae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyCotingidae
Observations recorded629,882
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 37
- With media
- 3
- Family
- Cotingidae
- Collections
- USNM, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, CUMV, CLO, CAS, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Nicaragua, Brazil, Suriname, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Costa Rica, Argentina
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Extant species
- Former species
- Description
- Distribution and habitat
- Breeding
- References
A becard is a bird of the genus Pachyramphus in the family Tityridae.
==Taxonomy== The genus Pachyramphus was introduced in 1839 by the English zoologist George Robert Gray in the volume on birds by John Gould that formed part of Charles Darwin's Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. The type species was designated by Gray in 1840 as the green-backed becard (Pachyramphus viridis). The generic name is from the Ancient Greek pakhus meaning "stout" or "thick" and rhamphos meaning "bill".
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