Species profile
Crested Becard
Pachyramphus validus
Quick answer
occurs from southern Peru and eastern Bolivia to northern Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil (Mobley, 2016) on Marajó Island and eastern PA, and from RO to RS. Joseph (1996) classified it as migratory, but this is not a consensus in literature. It breeds in lowland Atlantic Forest areas in SP between September and March and it seems it departs from this region between April and August (Aleixo & Galetti, 1997). Analyses of data from WikiAves, museums and SNA show a reduced number of records in the colder months (from May to July) in the states from the Southeast and South, and its absence from SC and RS (Belton, 1985; WikiAves, 2016; SNA, 2016; MZUSP, MPEG, MNRJ), which shows that the species exhibit migratory movement. Although further studies are necessary to better understand its migratory pattern in all Brazilian territory.
- Scientific name
- Pachyramphus validus
- Family
- Cotingidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Pachyramphus
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
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Related species in Cotingidae
- Amazonian Umbrellabird (Cephalopterus ornatus)
- Andean cock of the rock (Rupicola peruvianus)
- Andean Mourner (Laniisoma buckleyi)
- Apolo Cotinga (Phibalura boliviana)
- Band-tailed Fruiteater (Pipreola intermedia)
- Banded Cotinga (Cotinga maculata)
- Bare-Necked Fruitcrow (Gymnoderus foetidus)
- Bare-necked Umbrellabird (Cephalopterus glabricollis)