Rhytipterna

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.

Rhytipterna
Rufous mourner (Rhytipterna holerythra)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Tyrannidae
Genus:	Rhytipterna Reichenbach, 1850
Type species
Tyrannus calcaratus[1] = Rhytipterna simplex Swainson, 1837

The genus contains three species:^[2]

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	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.