Birds of Ecuador

○   ←   PASSERIFORMES: Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura)   →
Genus: Rhytipterna (2 species, 3 worldwide)


Rufous Mourner
Rufous Mourner (Rhytipterna holerythra rosenbergi)
Bahia Solano, Choco, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.
Looks similar to the Rufous Piha. Note longer thinner shape, more like a Myiarchus flycatcher than a thrush. Also redder and more uniformly colored.

Greyish Mourner
Greyish Mourner (Rhytipterna simplex) Male
Inírida, Guainía, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Greyish Mourner
Greyish Mourner (Rhytipterna simplex frederici) Female
Pantiacolla Ridge, Madre de Dios, Peru   		   
Photograph by Graham Montgomery   © All Rights Reserved.


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