Black-capped Becard

SCI Name:  Pachyramphus marginatus
Protonym:  T[odus] marginatus Verz.Doubl.Zool.Mus.Berlin p.51
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Tityridae / Pachyramphus
Taxonomy Code:  blcbec1
Type Locality:  Bahia, Brazil.
Author:  Lichtenstein, MHC
Publish Year:  1823
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

PACHYRAMPHUS
(Tityridae; Ϯ Green-backed Becard P. viridis) Gr. παχυς pakhus  stout, thick; ῥαμφος rhamphos  bill; "rostro vix brevi, crasso, alto, rotundato-convexo, ad frontem largo, apice dentato" (von Spix 1826) (see Becardia); "PACHYRAMPHUS, n.  Pachyrhynchus, Spix.  Psaris, Cuv.   P. Cuvieri, (Swains.) n., Zool. Ill., t. 32." (G. Gray 1840); "The generic name of Pachyrhynchus Spix, is changed by Mr. G. R. Gray, to Pachyramphus, as the former word is used in entomology" (Darwin 1841); "Pachyramphus G. R. Gray, 1840, List Genera Birds, p. 31. Type, by original designation, Psaris Cuvierii Swainson = Tityra viridis Vieillot." (Snow in Peters, 1979, VIII, p. 229).
Synon. Bathmidurus, Berlepschia, Callopsaris, Chloropsaris, Climacocercus, Hadrostomus, Pachyrhamphus, Pachyrhynchus, Platypsaris, Zetetes.

marginata / marginatum / marginatus
L. marginatus  bordered, edged  < marginare  to emarginate  < margo, marginis  border, edge.
● “of the edge, in this case, the seashore” (Hockey et al. 2005) (Charadrius).
● ex “Perruche de l’isle de Luçon” of Sonnerat 1776, and “Varied-wing Parrot” of Latham 1781 (syn. Tanygnathus lucionensis).
● ex “Upupa marginata” of W. Peters MS (Upupa).
● ex “Columba macroura. Long-tail’d Dove” of Edwards 1751 (syn. Zenaida macroura).

SUBSPECIES

Black-capped Becard (marginatus)
SCI Name: Pachyramphus marginatus marginatus
marginata / marginatum / marginatus
L. marginatus  bordered, edged  < marginare  to emarginate  < margo, marginis  border, edge.
● “of the edge, in this case, the seashore” (Hockey et al. 2005) (Charadrius).
● ex “Perruche de l’isle de Luçon” of Sonnerat 1776, and “Varied-wing Parrot” of Latham 1781 (syn. Tanygnathus lucionensis).
● ex “Upupa marginata” of W. Peters MS (Upupa).
● ex “Columba macroura. Long-tail’d Dove” of Edwards 1751 (syn. Zenaida macroura).

Black-capped Becard (nanus)
SCI Name: Pachyramphus marginatus nanus
nanum / nanus
L. nanus dwarf < Gr. νανος nanos dwarf.
● ex “Barbu du Sénégal” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 746, fig. 2, and “Petit Barbu” of de Buffon 1770-1786 (?syn. Gymnobucco calvus).
● ex “Ynambú-carapé” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 328 (Taoniscus).