Green-backed Becard Pachyramphus viridis Scientific name definitions

The attractively plumaged Green-backed Becard ranges widely over much of eastern South America, but it is rarely common throughout its distribution. It is typically observed in pairs, and the species’ large, globular nest sited relatively high in a tree can draw the observer’s attention as easily as the birds themselves.The two distinctly plumaged subspecies of the East Andean slopes, xanthogenys and peruanus, are frequently considered a separate species known as the Yellow-cheeked Becard, Pachyramphus xanthogenys.