Andean laniisoma | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Tityridae |
Genus: | Laniisoma |
Species: | L. buckleyi
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Binomial name | |
Laniisoma buckleyi (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1880)
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The Andean laniisoma (Laniisoma buckleyi), also known as the Andean mourner, is a species of passerine bird in the family Tityridae. It occurs in humid Andean forests in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. The species was formerly considered conspecific with the Brazilian laniisoma (Laniisoma elegans).
There are three subspecies:[2]