Order: Passeriformes | Family: Tityridae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Rio Branco, Brazil.
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Rio Branco, Brazil.
Age: Adult | Sex: Female | Loc. Manu National Park, Madre de Dios
Status: The Green-backed Becard is uncommon to rare in montane forests of the east slope of the Andes at elevations ranging between 500-1500 m. It also occurs in Ec, Br, and Bo.
Name in Spanish: Cabezón de Dorso Verde.
Sub-species: Green-backed Becard (Pachyramphus viridis xanthogenys), Salvadori and Festa, 1898. (Pachyramphus viridis peruanus), E. Hartert and Goodson, 1917.
Meaning of Name: Pachyramphus: Gr. pakhus= stout, thick and rhamphos= bill. viridis: L. viridis, virere= green to be green.

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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 03/01/2016.