''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 are distinguished from other orders of birds by t ...

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

. 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 tip ...

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 contrast ...

"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 Tityridae is family of suboscine passerine birds found in fores ...

'', '' Laniisoma'' and '' Rhytipterna''.

Species

References

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