Birds of the World

    PASSERIFORMES: Tityridae (Tityras, Becards, Sharpbill)  
Genus: Laniisoma (2 species)


Andean Laniisoma
Andean Laniisoma (Laniisoma buckleyi buckleyi) Near Threatened
Range: SA: Venezuela to Bolivia
Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Ana Agreda     Copyright and usage info

An almost mythical bird of western slope Andean forests, that was split from the Brazilian Laniisoma of the Atlantic rainforest. Before it was called the Shrike-like Cotinga. Looks a bit like a yellowish Scaled Fruiteater, but few have seen it.

Brazilian Laniisoma
Brazilian Laniisoma (Laniisoma elegans) Near Threatened
Range: SA: se Brazil
REGUA, Cachoeiras de Macacu, RJ, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Once called the Shrike-like Cotinga.


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