Laniisoma

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

Laniisoma n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Tityridae – Laniisoma elegans, the laniisomas.

• 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.

• (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

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

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