Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)
Speckled Mourner (Laniocera rufescens) - HBW 9, p. 446
French: Aulia tacheté
German: Rötlicher Tropfenflügeltyrann
Spanish: Plañidera Moteada
Taxonomy: Lipaugus rufescens P. L. Sclater, 1858, Cobán, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala.
Genus often placed in Cotingidae, and possibly better treated in that family. Forms a superspecies with L. hypopyrra. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- rufescens (P. L. Sclater, 1858) - SE Mexico S to coastal NW Colombia.
- griseigula Meyer de Schauensee, 1950 - NW Colombia (Córdoba, N Antioquia, Santander).
- tertia Hartert, 1902 - SW Colombia (Cauca, W Nariño) and NW Ecuador (Esmeraldas, Pichincha).
- Least Concern
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