Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura

Rufous Mourner

Rhytipterna holerythra

The Rufous Mourner (Rhytipterna holerythra) is a 37 g forest bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

37 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

9

Recorded in Costa Rica, Panama, Belize, Guatemala, Colombia, Honduras, Mexico, Ecuador, Nicaragua.

Where to see it: Estación Biológica La Selva-OTS (Costa Rica); Pipeline Road (Camino del Oleoducto) (Área general) (Panama); PN Tikal · sitio arqueológico (Guatemala); PN Pico Bonito · Lodge at Pico Bonito (Honduras); Pipeline Road · Parque Nacional Soberanía (Panama).

Photo: (c) Emily Franzen, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist