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White-winged Becard

Pachyramphus polychopterus(Vieillot, LJP, 1818)

English (US) White-winged Becard

The White-winged Becard (Pachyramphus polychopterus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Tityridae (Tityras, Becards, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.

Scientific name
Pachyramphus polychopterus
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
English (US)
White-winged Becard
Described by
(Vieillot, LJP, 1818)

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Recognised subspecies

The AviList checklist recognises 8 subspecies for this species.

Taxonomic history

First described as
Platyrhynchos polychopterus
Described by
(Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
Type locality
Nouvelle-Hollande; Bahia, Brazil, proposed by Hellmayr, 1929, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Ser., 13, pt. 6, p. 179.
Original description
Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 27 p.10

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

See all 36 species of the family Tityridae