Status: The One-colored Becard is uncommon on the western lowlands of extreme northwest Peru where it is known to range up to 750 m along the foothill of the Andes. It also occurs in Co and Ec.
Name in Spanish: Cabezón Unicolor.
Sub-species: One-colored Becard (Pachyramphus homochrous homochrous), P. L. Sclater, 1859
Meaning of Name: Pachyramphus: Gr. pakhus= stout, thick and rhamphos= bill. homochrous: L. homos, homōs= common, alike and khroa= color, appearance; homokhrous= uniform, of one color.