Listen to the Rufous mourner
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About the Rufous mourner
The Rufous mourner is a bird in the family Tyrannidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”.
What does the Rufous mourner sound like?
Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once. Songs tend to be long and patterned and are used to hold territory and attract a mate; calls are short signals for contact, alarm and flight.
The recordings here are labelled as song and dawn 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 rufous mourner (Rhytipterna holerythra) is a passerine bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Mexico, every Central American country except El Salvador, Colombia, and Ecuador.
Related birds in the genus Rhytipterna
More from the family Tyrannidae
Great kiskadee
Pitangus sulphuratus
Eastern kingbird
Tyrannus tyrannus
Eastern phoebe
Sayornis phoebe
Cliff flycatcher
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Yellow-crowned tyrannulet
Tyrannulus elatus
Olive-sided flycatcher
Contopus cooperi
Yellow tyrannulet
Capsiempis flaveola
Masked water tyrant
Fluvicola nengeta
Black phoebe
Sayornis nigricans
Acadian flycatcher
Empidonax virescens
Gray kingbird
Tyrannus dominicensis
Frequently asked questions
What does a Rufous mourner sound like?
You can hear 4 recordings of the Rufous mourner on this page, including its song and dawn song. Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once.
Is the Rufous mourner endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Rufous mourner as “least concern”.
What family does the Rufous mourner belong to?
The Rufous mourner (Rhytipterna holerythra) belongs to the family Tyrannidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Song · Esmeraldas: El Placer, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song by Oliver Komar – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Esmeraldas: 18.5 road km NNW Alto Tambo, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Dawn song · Esmeraldas: Humedal de Yalare, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q1269889 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Rufous mourner – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Francesco Veronesi from Italy – CC BY-SA 2.0