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title: "Grayish Mourner"
description: "Rhytipterna simplex — Vogels. The greyish mourner (Rhytipterna simplex) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/grayish-mourner
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Grayish Mourner

> Rhytipterna simplex — Vogels. The greyish mourner (Rhytipterna simplex) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers.

- Scientific name: *Rhytipterna simplex*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 851
- Wikidata: [Q1272329](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1272329)
- iNaturalist taxon: [16589](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/16589)

## Names

- en: Grayish Mourner
- es: Plañidera gris
- fr: Tyran grisâtre
- pt: Vissiá
- pl: Pokutnik szary

## Countries with the most observations

BR (493), PE (18), CO (10), EC (10), GF (10), GY (4)

## Summary

The greyish mourner (Rhytipterna simplex) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in every mainland South American country except Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greyish_mourner

## Photo

![Grayish Mourner](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/grayish-mourner/medium.jpg)

Photo: filipeprates · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/312085986

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/grayish-mourner?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).