Yellow-cheeked Becard

Pachyramphus xanthogenys

Yellow-cheeked Becard, Pachyramphus xanthogenys, is found along the eastern foothills of the Andes in Ecuador and northern Peru. It is one of the forms once treated separately from the green-backed becard. Males have bright yellow cheeks, the sides of the neck and the throat, which set them apart from the related nominate form. The species is part of a disjunct group whose broader range also extends across parts of Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina and Uruguay. It lives in humid to moist forest in tropical and lower montane areas, especially where the habitat is broken or fairly open.