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[[Image:Green-backed_Becard.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by JWN Andrewes<br>Photographed: Brazil]] | [[Image:Green-backed_Becard.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by JWN Andrewes<br>Photographed: Brazil]] | ||
| + | ;[[:Category:Pachyramphus|Pachyramphus]] viridis | ||
| + | '''Includes Yellow-cheeked Becard''' | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| + | SE [[Venezuela]] and [[Guyana]], locally in N [[Brazil]] and from NE [[Brazil]] south to [[Bolivia]], [[Paraguay]], N [[Argentina]] and [[Urugay]]. Also in [[Peru]], [[Ecuador]] and S [[Colombia]]. | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | Four species which form two groups: | ||
| + | * ''P. v. griseigularis'' in [[Venezuela]], N [[Brazil]] and [[Guyana]]. | ||
| + | * ''P. v. viridis'' from Ne [[Brazil]] south to [[Urugay]] and N [[Argentina]]. | ||
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| + | * ''P. v. peruanus'' in [[Peru]]. | ||
| + | * ''P. v. xanthogenys'' in [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]] and [[Colombia]]. | ||
| + | Peruanus and xanthogenys are sometimes split as '''Yellow-cheeked Becard'''. | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | Different types of forest (moist lowland forest, gallery forest, foothill forest) and forest edge. Also found in clearings. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| − | + | Feeds on insects. | |
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| + | ==References== | ||
| + | # {{Ref-HBWVol9}} | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Pachyramphus+viridis}} | {{GSearch|Pachyramphus+viridis}} | ||
| − | [[Category:Birds]] | + | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Pachyramphus]] |
Revision as of 16:43, 4 February 2009
- Pachyramphus viridis
Includes Yellow-cheeked Becard
Identification
Distribution
SE Venezuela and Guyana, locally in N Brazil and from NE Brazil south to Bolivia, Paraguay, N Argentina and Urugay. Also in Peru, Ecuador and S Colombia.
Taxonomy
Four species which form two groups:
- P. v. griseigularis in Venezuela, N Brazil and Guyana.
- P. v. viridis from Ne Brazil south to Urugay and N Argentina.
Peruanus and xanthogenys are sometimes split as Yellow-cheeked Becard.
Habitat
Different types of forest (moist lowland forest, gallery forest, foothill forest) and forest edge. Also found in clearings.
Behaviour
Feeds on insects.
References
- Del Hoyo, J, A Elliot, and D Christie, eds. 2004. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 9: Cotingas to Pipits and Wagtails. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8487334696
