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Lipaugus
Rufous piha (Lipaugus unirufus)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cotingidae
Genus: Lipaugus
F. Boie, 1828
Type species
Muscicapa plumbea[1]
Lichtenstein, 1823

Lipaugus is a genus of birds in the family Cotingidae.

Taxonomy

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The genus was introduced in 1828 by the German zoologist Friedrich Boie in 1828. Boie spelled the genus name as Lipangus but this was corrected to Lipaugus.[2][3] The name comes from the Greek lipaugēs, meaning "dark" or "devoid of light".[4] The type species was designated by George Gray in 1840 as the screaming piha.[3][5]

The genus contains nine species.[6]

Image Scientific name Common name Distribution
Lipaugus unirufus Rufous piha Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama
Lipaugus streptophorus Rose-collared piha south-eastern Venezuela, western Guyana and far northern Brazil
Lipaugus vociferans Screaming piha Amazon and tropical parts of the Mata Atlântica in South America
Lipaugus lanioides Cinnamon-vented piha southeastern Brazil.
Lipaugus ater (formerly in Tijuca) Black-and-gold cotinga Serra do Mar in south-eastern Brazil
Lipaugus conditus (formerly in Tijuca) Grey-winged cotinga Serra dos Órgãos and Serra do Tinguá in Rio de Janeiro State of Brazil
Lipaugus weberi Chestnut-capped piha Colombia
Lipaugus fuscocinereus Dusky piha Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru
Lipaugus uropygialis Scimitar-winged piha Bolivia and Peru

Two former Lipaugus species are now in the genus Snowornis.[7] The dusky, chestnut-capped, cinnamon-vented, and scimitar-winged pihas may form a superspecies.[8]

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