Biology:Green-backed becard

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Short description: Species of bird

Green-backed becard
Pachyramphus viridis viridis.jpg
male
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tityridae
Genus: Pachyramphus
Species:
P. viridis
Binomial name
Pachyramphus viridis
(Vieillot, 1816)
Pachyramphus viridis map.svg

The green-backed becard (Pachyramphus viridis) is a species of bird in the family Tityridae. It has traditionally been placed in Cotingidae or Tyrannidae, but evidence strongly suggest it is better placed in Tityridae,[2] where it is now placed by the South American Classification Committee. It often includes the Andean yellow-cheeked becard (Pachyramphus xanthogenys) as a subspecies.

It is found in Argentina , Bolivia, Brazil , Guyana, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Venezuela. The green-backed becard's natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Pachyramphus viridis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T103677078A93788714. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103677078A93788714.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/103677078/93788714. Retrieved 11 November 2021. 
  2. Adopt the Family Tityridae - South American Classification Committee (2007)

Wikidata ☰ Q1525378 entry