Birds of Peru

    PASSERIFORMES: Cotingidae (Cotingas)  
Genus: Lipaugus (3 species, 9 worldwide)


Dusky Piha
Dusky Piha (Lipaugus fuscocinereus)
Rio Blanco Ecological Reserve, Manizales, Caldas, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

A rare cloudforest species.

Scimitar-winged Piha
Scimitar-winged Piha (Lipaugus uropygialis) Vulnerable
Old Coroico Rd, Bolivia  
   
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.

A grey cotinga with red flanks and rump.


Screaming Piha
Screaming Piha (Lipaugus vociferans)
PNN Amacayacu, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Stays in the canopy and has one of the best known and loudest bird calls in tropical America.
Much darker when seen against the light, as is almost always the case.
Eating berries.
Alt. photo


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