Black-and-white Becard

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Black-and-white Becard
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Tityridae Genus: Pachyramphus Species: P. albogriseus
Binomial name
Pachyramphus albogriseus Sclater, 1857

The Black-and-white Becard (Pachyramphus albogriseus) is a species of bird in the Tityridae family. It has traditionally been placed in Cotingidae or Tyrannidae, but evidence strongly suggest it is better placed in Tityridae^[1], where now placed by SACC. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

[edit] Source

• BirdLife International 2004. Pachyramphus albogriseus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 26 July 2007.