Pale-bellied Mourner

Rhytipterna immunda (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1873)

Pale-bellied Mourner, Rhytipterna immunda, is a passerine of central and north-eastern Amazonia in South America, with its breeding range in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela. It is a member of the tyrant flycatcher family and is found in open country such as savanna woodland, scrubby low várzea woodland and campina. It is a resident bird. A notable feature is its pale dingy yellowish belly, set against otherwise greyish olive-brown upperparts and greyish underparts. The species was first described by Sclater and Salvin in 1873.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Tyrannidae — Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura

Breeding range

South America: c, ne Amazonia