Mourner (bird)
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A mourner
Mourner
A mourner is someone who is attending a funeral or who is otherwise recognized as in a period of grief and mourning prescribed either by religious law or by popular custom...

is a person who engages in mourning
Mourning
Mourning is, in the simplest sense, synonymous with grief over the death of someone. The word is also used to describe a cultural complex of behaviours in which the bereaved participate or are expected to participate...

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Mourner is also the common name
Common name
A common name of a taxon or organism is a name in general use within a community; it is often contrasted with the scientific name for the same organism...

 used for several Neotropical birds from families Tityridae
Tityridae
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 . As yet, no widely accepted common name exists for the family, although Tityras...

 and Tyrannidae.

Species

  • Tityridae
    Tityridae
    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 . As yet, no widely accepted common name exists for the family, although Tityras...

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    • genus Schiffornis
      Schiffornis
      Schiffornis is a genus of bird in the Tityridae family. It has traditionally been placed in the manakin family, but evidence strongly suggest it is better placed in Tityridae, where now placed by SACC...

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      • Varzea Mourner (Schiffornis major); alternatively Greater Schiffornis.
      • Thrush-like Mourner (Schiffornis turdina); alternatively Thrush-like Schiffornis.
      • Greenish Mourner (Schiffornis virescens); alternatively Greenish Schiffornis.
    • genus Laniocera
      Laniocera
      Laniocera is a genus of bird in the Tityridae family. It has traditionally been placed in the cotinga family, but evidence strongly suggest it is better placed in Tityridae, where now placed by SACC...

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      • Speckled Mourner
        Speckled Mourner
        The Speckled Mourner is a species of bird in the Tityridae family. It has traditionally been placed in the cotinga family, but evidence strongly suggest it is better placed in Tityridae, where now placed by SACC....

         (Laniocera rufescens).
      • Cinereous Mourner
        Cinereous Mourner
        The Cinereous Mourner is a species of bird in the Tityridae family. The term cinereous describes its colouration. It has traditionally been placed in the cotinga family, but evidence strongly suggest it is better placed in Tityridae, where now placed by SACC...

         (Laniocera hypopyrra).
    • genus Laniisoma.
      • Elegant Mourner (Laniisoma elegans); alternatively Shrike-like Cotinga/Laniisoma.
        • Brazilian Laniisoma (Laniisoma (elegans) elegans).
        • Andean Laniisoma (Laniisoma (elegans) buckleyi).

  • Tyrannidae:
    • genus Rhytipterna
      Rhytipterna
      Rhytipterna is a genus of bird in the Tyrannidae family. They share the common name "mourner" with several species in the family Tityridae.-Species:* Pale-bellied Mourner * Greyish Mourner...

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      • Pale-bellied Mourner
        Pale-bellied Mourner
        The Pale-bellied Mourner is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.-References:...

         (Rhytipterna immunda).
      • Greyish Mourner
        Greyish Mourner
        The Greyish Mourner is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....

         (Rhytipterna simplex).
      • Rufous Mourner
        Rufous Mourner
        The Rufous Mourner, Rhytipterna holerythra, is a small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds from southwestern Mexico to northwestern Ecuador...

        (Rhytipterna holerythra).
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