Lipaugus


Lipaugus is a genus of birds in the family Cotingidae.

Taxonomy

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. The name comes from the Greek lipaugēs, meaning "dark" or "devoid of light". The type species was designated by George Gray in 1840 as the screaming piha.
The genus contains nine species.
ImageScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
Lipaugus unirufusRufous pihaBelize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama
Lipaugus streptophorusRose-collared pihasouth-eastern Venezuela, western Guyana and far northern Brazil
Lipaugus vociferansScreaming pihaAmazon and tropical parts of the Mata Atlântica in South America
Lipaugus lanioidesCinnamon-vented pihasoutheastern Brazil.
Lipaugus ater Black-and-gold cotingaSerra do Mar in south-eastern Brazil
Lipaugus conditus Grey-winged cotingaSerra dos Órgãos and Serra do Tinguá in Rio de Janeiro State of Brazil
Lipaugus weberiChestnut-capped pihaColombia
Lipaugus fuscocinereusDusky pihaColombia, Ecuador, and Peru
Lipaugus uropygialisScimitar-winged pihaBolivia and Peru

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