Listen to the Cinereous mourner
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About the Cinereous mourner
The Cinereous mourner is a bird in the family Tityridae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults weigh around 46 g.
What does the Cinereous mourner sound like?
Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
The recordings here are labelled as call and song. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The cinereous mourner (Laniocera hypopyrra) is a species of bird in the family Tityridae, the tityras, becards, and allies. It is found in every mainland South American country except Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
More from the family Tityridae
Sharpbill
Oxyruncus cristatus
Black-tailed tityra
Tityra cayana
Pink-throated becard
Pachyramphus minor
Dusky purpletuft
Iodopleura fusca
White-winged becard
Pachyramphus polychopterus
One-colored becard
Pachyramphus homochrous
Yellow-cheeked becard
Pachyramphus xanthogenys
Northern schiffornis
Schiffornis veraepacis
Foothill schiffornis
Schiffornis aenea
Frequently asked questions
What does a Cinereous mourner sound like?
You can hear 4 recordings of the Cinereous mourner on this page, including its call and song. Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
Is the Cinereous mourner endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Cinereous mourner as “least concern”.
What family does the Cinereous mourner belong to?
The Cinereous mourner (Laniocera hypopyrra) belongs to the family Tityridae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Call · Orellana: 'Maxus' road km 37 (27 km SSE Pompeya), Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Orellana: 'Maxus' road km 37 (27 km SSE Pompeya) by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Orellana: 'Maxus' road km 37 (27 km SSE Pompeya), Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Orellana: 'Maxus' road km 37 (27 km SSE Pompeya), Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q955319 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Cinereous mourner – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Hector Bottai – CC BY-SA 4.0