''Laniocera'' is a genus of

passerine A passerine () is any bird of the order Passeriformes (; from Latin 'sparrow' and '-shaped') which includes more than half of all bird species. Sometimes known as perching birds, passerines generally have an anisodactyl arrangement of their ...

birds in the family

Tityridae Tityridae is family of suboscine passerine birds found in forest and woodland in the Neotropics. The 45 species in this family were formerly spread over the families Tyrannidae, Pipridae and Cotingidae (''see Taxonomy (biology), Taxonomy''). As y ...

. It has traditionally been placed in the

cotinga The cotingas are a large family, Cotingidae, of suboscine passerine birds found in Central America and tropical South America. Cotingas are birds of forests or forest edges, that are primary frugivorous. They all have broad bills with hooked ti ...

family, but evidence strongly suggest it is better placed in

,Adopt the Family Tityridae
- South American Classification Committee (2007) where now placed by SACC. They share the

common name In biology, a common name of a taxon or organism (also known as a vernacular name, English name, colloquial name, country name, popular name, or farmer's name) is a name that is based on the normal language of everyday life; and is often con ...

"mourner" with the species in the genera ''

Schiffornis ''Schiffornis'' is a genus of bird in the family Tityridae. It has traditionally been placed in the manakin family, but evidence strongly suggest it is better placed in Tityridae,

'', ''

Laniisoma ''Laniisoma'' is a genus of passerine birds in the family Tityridae. The genus contains two species: References

Laniisoma, Bird genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxa named by William Swainson {{Tityridae-stub ...

'' and ''

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 Tityridae is family of suboscine passerine birds found in forest and woodland in t ...

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Species

References

Bird genera Taxa named by René Lesson Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Tityridae-stub