One-colored Becard (Pachyramphus homochrous) [XC512810]
by Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Loaiza B. from Jorupe NR, Loja, Ecuador (song)
One-colored Becard (Pachyramphus homochrous) [XC479045]
by Andrew Spencer from Esmeraldas: Cerro Mutile, San Mateo 24 m, Ecuador (song)
Subspecies
Phylogenetic affinity of present species unknown. Has been suggested that it is closely related to Rose-throated Becard (Pachyramphus aglaiae), Pink-throated Becard (Pachyramphus minor) and Crested Becard (Pachyramphus validus), or even conspecific with Rose-throated Becard (Pachyramphus aglaiae) and Pink-throated Becard (Pachyramphus minor) and all are sometimes combined in a separate genus, Platypsaris, differing from present genus in nest shape and placement, as well as in some vocal and minor morphological characters. Subspecies weakly differentiated, barely distinguishable.
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
homochrous Sclater, 1859 - Central and eastern Panama, western Colombia (Pacific slope of western Andes south to southern Chocó at lower R San Juan), western Ecuador (south to western Loja) and north-western Peru (Tumbes, northern Piura).
quimarinus (Meyer de Schauensee, 1950) - North-western Colombia (Sinú Valley of Bolívar east to southern Magdalena and eastern Antioquia).
canescens (Chapman, 1912) - North-eastern Colombia (north-eastern Bolívar, northern Magdalena) and north-western Venezuela (base of Sierra de Perijá and both sides of L Maracaibo).