Rhytipterna
Genus of birds
Rhytipterna | |
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Rufous mourner (Rhytipterna holerythra) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Tyrannidae |
Genus: | Rhytipterna Reichenbach, 1850 |
Type species | |
Tyrannus calcaratus[1] = Rhytipterna simplex Swainson, 1837 |
Rhytipterna is a genus of bird in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae. They share the common name "mourner" with several species in the family Tityridae.
The genus contains three species:[2]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Rhytipterna immunda | Pale-bellied mourner | Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Suriname, and Venezuela | |
Rhytipterna simplex | Greyish mourner | Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela | |
Rhytipterna holerythra | Rufous mourner | southwestern Mexico to northwestern Ecuador. |
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Genera of passerines and their extinct allies
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Aves
- Clade: Psittacopasseres
- Order: Passeriformes
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