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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F

FORM 13F COVER PAGE
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Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: 03-31-2017
Check here if Amendment    Amendment Number:
This Amendment (Check only one.):    is a restatement.
   adds new holdings entries.
Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: American Beacon Advisors, Inc.
Address: 220 EAST LAS COLINAS BOULEVARD
SUITE 1200
IRVING, TX  75039
Form 13F File Number: 028-14511
CRD Number (if applicable):
SEC File Number (if applicable):

The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by whom it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the report is authorized to submit it, that all information contained herein is true, correct and complete, and that it is understood that all required items, statements, schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of this form.

Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:
Name: Rosemary K. Behan
Title: Vice President and General Counsel
Phone: 817-391-6170
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
Rosemary K. Behan Irving,  TX 05-11-2017
[Signature] [City, State] [Date]
Report Type (Check only one.):
   13F HOLDINGS REPORT. (Check here if all holdings of this reporting manager are reported in this report.)
X 13F NOTICE. (Check here if no holdings reported are in this report, and all holdings are reported by other reporting manager(s).)
   13F COMBINATION REPORT. (Check here if a portion of the holdings for this reporting manager are reported in this report and a portion are reported by other reporting manager(s).)
List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager:
[If there are no entries in this list, omit this section.]
Name Form 13F File No. CRD No. (if applicable) SEC File No. (if applicable) CIK
BASSWOOD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C. 028-10569     0001085393
Incline Global Management LLC 028-15095     0001567195
Impala Asset Management LLC 028-11248     0001317679
CANYON CAPITAL ADVISORS LLC 028-07392     0001074034
Pine River Capital Management L.P. 028-10902     0001288136
Tremblant Capital Group 028-11746     0001353312
Sound Point Capital Management, LP 028-17328     0001591307
PACIFIC INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT CO LLC 028-10952     0001163368
PZENA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 028-03791     0001027796
TEMPLETON INVESTMENT COUNSEL LLC 028-01074     0000315282
LONDON CO OF VIRGINIA 028-10665     0001259887
MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ 028-04968     0000912938
WEDGE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L L P/NC 028-05670     0001015308
LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 028-10469     0001207017
Hillcrest Asset Management LLC 028-16341     0001415345
ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 028-05990     0000916542
BARROW HANLEY MEWHINNEY & STRAUSS LLC 028-01006     0000313028
BOSTON Co ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 028-00242     0000013353
Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC 028-02204     0000829108
BRIDGEWAY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 028-05563     0001107261
CAUSEWAY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 028-11728     0001165797
AHL Partners LLP 028-16037     0001598894
Foundry Partners, LLC 028-15710     0001573913
Garcia Hamilton & Associates LP/DE 028-03671     0000887813
Numeric Investors LLC 028-11946     0001365324
GLG LLC 028-11672     0001352261
Crescent Capital Group LP 028-15882     0001513857
HOLLAND CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 028-04636     0000936939
HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 028-10068     0001164833
Strategic Income Management, LLC 028-16390     0001540306
Stephens Investment Management Group LLC 028-11261     0001314440
Sustainable Growth Advisers, LP 028-11076     0001290668
Zebra Capital Management LLC 028-11061     0001316915
ARK Investment Management LLC 028-17768     0001697748
Aristotle Capital Management, LLC 028-02634     0000860644
BAHL & GAYNOR INC 028-02825     0000872259
Ionic Capital Management LLC 028-12913     0001386462
PAYDEN & RYGEL 028-14013     0000919219
Passport Capital, LLC 028-11726     0001352428