Cinereous Mourner
Laniocera hypopyrra (Vieillot, 1817)
Tityridae — Tityras, Becards & Allies
Cinereous Mourner, Laniocera hypopyrra, is a bird of Amazonia and south-eastern Brazil in South America, belonging to the family Tityridae. It ranges through the Amazon and Orinoco basins, with an isolated population in Bahia and northern Espírito Santo. It lives mainly in humid terra firme and igapó forest, and also occurs in some sandy-soil woodland and savanna woodland. It is a sedentary resident. The sexes look alike, and adults show a thin orange eye-ring, grey plumage, and cinnamon spotting on the wings and tail. Nestlings are orange and caterpillar-like.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Tityridae — Tityras, Becards & Allies
- Breeding range
- South America: Amazonia and se Brazil
