Birds of the World

    PASSERIFORMES: Cotingidae (Cotingas)  
Genus: Lipaugus (9 species)


Black-and-gold Cotinga
Black-and-gold Cotinga (Lipaugus ater)
Range: SA: se Brazil
Pico de Caledonia, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Nigel Voaden   © All Rights Reserved.

Black-and-gold Cotinga
Black-and-gold Cotinga (Lipaugus ater) Female
Range: SA: se Brazil
Serra dos Órgãos, Brazil  
   
Photograph by João Sérgio Barros F. de Souza   © All Rights Reserved.


Grey-winged Cotinga
Grey-winged Cotinga (Lipaugus conditus) Vulnerable
Range: SA: se Brazil
Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Joao Quental     Copyright and usage info


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

A rare cloudforest species.

Cinnamon-vented Piha
Cinnamon-vented Piha (Lipaugus lanioides)
Range: SA: se Brazil
Bahia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by João Sérgio Barros F. de Souza   © All Rights Reserved.


Rose-collared Piha
Rose-collared Piha (Lipaugus streptophorus) Male
Range: SA: Tepuis
Sierra de Lema, Venezuela  
   
Photograph by David Ascanio - www.abtbirds.com   © All Rights Reserved.


Rufous Piha
Rufous Piha (Lipaugus unirufus unirufus)
Range: MA, SA: s Mexico to nw Ecuador
Darien National Park, Panama  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Similar to the Rufous Mourner. Note compact small-headed shape, more like a thrush than a Myiarchus flycatcher. Also browner (less rufous) and note contrast between back/wings and front.

Scimitar-winged Piha
Scimitar-winged Piha (Lipaugus uropygialis) Vulnerable
Range: SA: se Peru, Bolivia
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)
Range: SA: Amazonia, e Brazil
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

Chestnut-capped Piha
Chestnut-capped Piha (Lipaugus weberi) Critically Endangered
Range: SA: nw Colombia
ProAves Chestnut-capped Piha Reserve, Anorí, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

A critically endangered bird with an estimated 100 individuals remaining. Only found in heavily deforested Antioquia around Anori and Almalfi.


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