The Jamaican becard (Pachyramphus niger) is a species of bird in the family Tityridae.

Its genus, Pachyramphus, has traditionally been placed in Cotingidae or Tyrannidae, but evidence strongly suggest it is better placed in Tityridae.

[2] The Jamaican becard was formally described in 1788 by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in his revised and expanded edition of Carl Linnaeus's Systema Naturae.

[3][4] Gmelin based his description on the "black shrike" that had been described in 1781 by the English ornithologist John Latham in his book A General Synopsis of Birds.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.