Lipaugus
Genus of birds
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Lipaugus is a genus of birds in the family Cotingidae.
| Lipaugus | |
|---|---|
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| Rufous piha (Lipaugus unirufus) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Cotingidae |
| Genus: | Lipaugus F. Boie, 1828 |
| Type species | |
| Muscicapa plumbea[1] Lichtenstein, 1823 | |
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.[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 |
|---|---|---|---|
.jpg) | 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 |
.jpg) | Lipaugus vociferans | Screaming piha | Amazon and tropical parts of the Mata Atlântica in South America |
_(13868684655).jpg) | 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 |
_-_Arriero_Antioqueño_(6929394022).jpg) | Lipaugus weberi | Chestnut-capped piha | Colombia |
.jpg) | 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]
