Cinereous Mourner

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Cinereous Mourner
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tityridae
Genus: Laniocera
Species: L. hypopyrra
Binomial name
Laniocera hypopyrra
(Vieillot, 1817)

The Cinereous Mourner (Laniocera hypopyrra) 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[1], where now placed by SACC. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

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  1. ^ Adopt the Family Tityridae - South American Classification Committee (2007)