About the Pale-bellied Mourner
The pale-bellied mourner is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, and possibly French Guiana.
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The pale-bellied mourner is 18.5 to 19 cm (7.3 to 7.5 in) long and weighs about 28 g (0.99 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a mostly dull grayish olive-brown head and upperparts with a slightly darker crown and browner uppertail coverts. Their wings are duskier olive-brown with two faint wing bars and rufous edges on the primaries. Their tail is browner than the upperparts with rufous edges on all the feathers except the outermost pair, which have paler edges. Their throat and underparts are mostly grayish with a pale dingy yellowish belly and a rusty tinge on the flanks. Voice: The pale-bellied mourner's song is "2 well-separated Réet-je notes" whose Réet is much higher than the je. Its most common call is "a distinctive pur-treeép, cheeeuu or puu-puu-trreeép, cheeeuu" that has a loud ringing quality.
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Where it lives
Recorded as a rare visitor in Bolivia, French Guiana.
When to see it
Peak activity in July · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
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