Lipaugus is a genus of birds in the family Cotingidae.
Taxonomy The genus was introduced 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.
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. The dusky, chestnut-capped, cinnamon-vented, and scimitar-winged pihas may form a superspecies.
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