Laniisoma

See also: laniisoma

Translingual

Laniisoma buckleyi (Andean mourner)

Etymology

Lanii (“genitive of Lanius, shrike genus”) +‎ -soma (“body”), from the supposed shrike-like appearance.

Proper noun

Laniisoma n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Tityridae – Laniisoma elegans, the shrike-like laniisoma, also known as the shrike-like cotinga or elegant mourner.

Usage notes

• The vernacular names are especially misleading or unhelpful, the bird not being very "shrike-like" and no longer being in genus Cotinga or family Cotingidae. The mourners are in several genera, not all in Tityridae.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Passeriformes – order; Tyranni - suborder; Tyrannides - infraorder; Tyrannida - parvorder; Tityridae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Laniisoma elegans (shrike-like laniisoma); Laniisoma buckleyi (Andean mourner) - other species

References

• Laniisoma on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Laniisoma on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Laniisoma on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN