Laniocera

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Mourners
Laniocera hypopyrra - Cinereous Mourner.JPG
Cinereous mourner (Laniocera hypopyrra)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tityridae
Subfamily: Tityrinae
Genus: Laniocera
Lesson, 1841
Type species
Laniocera sanguinaria [1]
Lesson, 1841

Laniocera is a genus of passerine birds in the family Tityridae. It has traditionally been placed in the cotinga family, but evidence strongly suggest it is better placed in Tityridae, [2] where now placed by SACC. They share the common name "mourner" with the species in the genera Schiffornis , Laniisoma and Rhytipterna .

Species

ImageScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
Speckled Mourner.jpg Laniocera rufescens Speckled mourner Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama.
Laniocera hypopyrra - Cinereous Mourner.JPG Laniocera hypopyrra Cinereous mourner Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.

References

  1. ↑ "Tityridae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
  2. ↑ Adopt the Family Tityridae Archived 2008-05-08 at the Wayback Machine - South American Classification Committee (2007)


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