About the Rufous Mourner
The rufous mourner is a passerine bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Mexico, every Central American country except El Salvador, Colombia, and Ecuador.
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The rufous mourner is 19.5 to 21 cm (7.7 to 8.3 in) long and weighs about 32 to 39 g (1.1 to 1.4 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Males of the nominate subspecies have a mostly cinnamon brown to russet head and upperparts with a darker rufous crown. Their wings are a darker brown than the back with cinnamon rufous edges on the flight feathers. Their tail is mostly cinnamon rufous with darker central feathers. Their underparts are bright cinnamon to tawny ochraceous that is lighter on the throat and belly and darker on the breast. Voice: The rufous mourner is not highly vocal. Its song is "a steady, rich, slightly plaintive...wheeo-wheeo-wheeo-weeo-weeo-weeo-wheee. Its call is "an extended, mournful 'wolf-whistle' that rises and then falls in pitch, described variously as right here or wheeip, wheeeer or wheeeu peeeu or whi heeeu."
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What the Rufous Mourner sounds like
Where the Rufous Mourner lives
When to see the Rufous Mourner
Peak activity in March · a variable species across most of its range
Easily confused with
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