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Green-backed Becard
Pachyramphus viridis (Vieillot, 1816)
Tityridae — Tityras, Becards & Allies
Green-backed Becard, Pachyramphus viridis, is a passerine of the family Tityridae that breeds across northern, western, eastern and central South America. It occurs in a scattered range that includes Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay, Venezuela and Guyana. Its breeding range also reaches the eastern slopes of the Andes in Ecuador and northern Peru. The species is placed in a group that has sometimes been split, with the yellow-cheeked becard treated separately in some classifications. It was first described in 1816 by Vieillot.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Tityridae — Tityras, Becards & Allies
- Breeding range
- South America: n, w, e, c
