Rufous Mourner (Rhytipterna holerythra) [XC262237]
by Frank Lambert from Esmeraldas: Playa de Oro, village and vicinity, R\u00edo Santiago, Ecuador (call)
Rufous Mourner (Rhytipterna holerythra) [XC411349]
by Niels Krabbe from Esquinas lodge, Piedras Blancas NP, Puntarenas, Costa Rica (call)
Subspecies
Placed by early authors in the family Cotingidae, with supposed close relationship to genera Laniocera and Lipaugus. However, well-supported anatomical evidence indicates that it is a tyrannid, having close affinities to Sirystes, Casiornis and Myiarchus.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
holerythra (Sclater & Salvin, 1860) - Atlantic slope from southern Mexico (northern Oaxaca) south to Panama and northern Colombia (east to Santander).
rosenbergi (Hartert, 1905) - Pacific lowlands of western Colombia (southern from southern Chocó) and north-western Ecuador (Esmeraldas).