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Tityridae is family of suboscine passerine birds found in forest and woodland in the Neotropics. The approximately 30 species in this family were formerly spread over the families Tyrannidae,
Pipridae and Cotingidae.
Genus Iodopleura
Their name is a reference to the purple feather tufts on the flanks of the male, but these are often not visible when the wings are held closed, and females lack them entirely.
Purpletuff,_Buff-throated Iodopleura pipra Found: eastern Brazil
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Nick Athanas 2)
Joao_Quental 3)
Rick elis.simpson
1) Female 2, 3) Male


Purpletuff,_Dusky Iodopleura fusca Found: mainly in Guianas
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alapi973
Purpletuff,_White-browed Iodopleura isabellae Found: Brazil, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezueal
Image by: 1) Claudio_Timm - Brazil 2, 3)
Nick Athanas - Brazil, Ecuador
1, 2) Female 3) Male


Genus Laniisoma - 1 species
Cotinga,_Shrike-like Laniisoma elegans Found: Bolivia, Brazil, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru. Venezuela
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Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Lee_Dingain 2)
Ana Agreda 3)
Nick Athanas - Brazil


Genus Laniocera
Mourner,_Cinereous Laniocera hypopyrra Found: central and northern South America
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Hector_Bottai
Mourner,_Speckled Laniocera rufescens Found: Mexico, Central Amercia, Columbia, Ecuador
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Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Sam_Woods 2)
Aaron_Maizlish - Panama

Genus Oxyruncus - 1 species
Sharpbill Oxyruncus cristatus Found: Costa Rica, Panama, South America
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Joseph_Smit 2)
Rick_Ellis_Simpson 3)
Nick Athanas - Brazil 4)
Claudio Timm



Genus Pachyramphus
Becard,_Barred Pachyramphus versicolor Found: Costa Rica, Panama, Bolivia, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela
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1, 3) Nick Athanas - Ecuador 2)
Alejandro_Tamayo


Becard,_Black-and-white Pachyramphus albogriseus Found: Costa Rica, Panama, Columbia, Ecuador, Venezuela
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Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Roger_Ahlman in Ecuador 2)
Nick Athanas - Ecuador

Becard,_Chestnut-crowned Pachyramphus castaneus Found: South
America
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Dario Sanches 2)
Nick Athanas - Brazil 3)
Ron_Knight - Argentina


Becard,_Cinereous Pachyramphus rufus Found: northern South America
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Claudio_Timm 2)
Wilson_Cabanzo - Columbia
3, 4) Barloventomagico
1, 2) Female 3, 4) Male



Becard,_Cinnamon Pachyramphus cinnamomeus Found: Central America, Columbia, Ecuador, Venezuela
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Nick Athanas - Costa Rica 2)
Steve_Garvie 3)
Aaron_Maizlish - Panama


Becard,_Crested Pachyramphus validus Found: South America
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1, 2) Dario_Sanches - Brazil
3, 4) Ben_Tavener - Brazil
1, 2) Female 3, 4) Male



Becard,_Glossy-backed Pachyramphus surinamus Found: northeastern Brazil, Guianas
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Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online -Anselmo_d'Affonseca
1) Female 2) Male

Becard,_Gray-collared Pachyramphus major Found: Mexico, Nicaragua
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Nigel_Voaden - Mexico 2)
Ron_Knight

Becard,_Green-backed Pachyramphus viridis Found: South
America
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Claudio Timm 3)
Nick Athanas - Brazil 4)
Pedro Inacio de Paula



Becard,_One-colored Pachyramphus homochrous Found: Columbia, Ecuador, extreme north Peru, Venezuela
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1, 2)
Nick Athanas - Columbia, Ecuador 3)
Francesco_Veronesi - Ecuador
1) Female 2, 3) Male


Becard,_Pink-throated Pachyramphus minor Found: northern Brazil and surrounding countries
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Marcel_Holyoak - Ecuador 2)
Hector_Bottai 3)
Nick Athanas - Ecuador
1) Female 3) Male


Becard,_Rose-throated Pachyramphus aglaiae Found: southwest United States through Central America
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Carol Foil - Belize
2, 4)
Jerry Oldenettel - Costa Rica 3)
Jorge Montejo - Mexico
1, 2) Female 3, 4) Male



Becard,_Slaty Pachyramphus spodiurus Found: mainly Peru; also nearby Ecuador
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Joseph_Smit 2)
Tadeusz_Stawarczyk 1, 2)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Sam_Woods, Tadeusz_Stawarczyk
1) Female 2) Male

Becard,_White-winged Pachyramphus polychopterus Found: Central and South America
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1, 4) Carlos_Henrique - Brazil 2)
Aaron_Maizlish - Panama 3)
Gustavo Fernando Durán 5)
Dominic Sherony 6)
Nick Athanas - Pamana , Ecuador
1 - 3) Female 4 - 6) Male




Genus Schiffornis
Schiffornis,_Brown-winged Schiffornis turdina Found: mainly Brazi; also Bolivial, Peru
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Cal_Martins Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Alexander_Lees
Schiffornis,_Greenish Schiffornis virescens Found: mainly southern Brazil; also Argentina, Paraguay
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Claudio_Timm 2)
Dario_Sanches - Brazil 3)
Nick_Athanas = Brazil


Schiffornis,_Northern Schiffornis veraepacis Found: Mexico to Columbia, Venezuela
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Andres_Cuervo - Panama 2)
Nick Athanas - Ecuador

Schiffornis,_Olivaceous Schiffornis olivacea Found: mainly northeast Brazil; also the Guianas, eastern Venezuela
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J Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Joao_Quental
Schiffornis,_Russet-winged Schiffornis stenorhyncha Found: Panama, Columbia, Venezuela
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Andres_Cuervo 2)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Josh_Beck

Schiffornis,_Vrazea also
Greater Schiffornis Schiffornis major Found: Brazil and surrounding countries
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Peter_Bono - Brazil 2)
Arthur_Grosset - Brazil
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Joe_Tobias

Genus Tityra
These species have large bills. They are found in forest clearings and edges, second growth and other semi-open habitats such as plantation shade trees. The eggs are laid in a bed of dry leaves in a tree hole, often an old woodpecker nest.
Tityra,_Black-crowned Tityra inquisitor Found: South America
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1, 2) Carlos_Henrique 3)
NomdePloom
1) Female , 32) Male


Tityra,_Black-tailed Tityra cayana Found: Brazil and surrounding countries
Image by: 1) Barloventomagico 2)
Nick Athanas - Ecuador

Tityra,_Masked Tityra semifasciata Found: Central and South America
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1, 2) Nick Athanas - Costa Rica 3)
Andy_Morffew - Costa Rica


Genus Xenopsaris - 1 species
Xenopsaris,_White-naped Xenopsaris albinucha Found: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Venezuela
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Hector_Bottai 2)
Nick Athanas - Brazil
