The Andean laniisoma (''Laniisoma buckleyi''), also known as the Andean mourner, is a species 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 are distinguished from other orders of birds by t ...

bird 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''). As yet, no widely acce ...

. It occurs in humid

Andean The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountains (; ) are the List of mountain ranges#Mountain ranges by length, longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range i ...

forests in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. The species was formerly considered conspecific with the Brazilian laniisoma (''Laniisoma elegans''). There are three subspecies: * ''Laniisoma buckleyi venezuelense'' Phelps & Gilliard, 1941 – northeast Colombia and northwest Venezuela * ''Laniisoma buckleyi buckleyi'' ( Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1880) – east Ecuador and east Peru * ''Laniisoma buckleyi cadwaladeri'' Carriker, 1935 – northwest Bolivia

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