Lipaugus
Rufous piha (Lipaugus unirufus)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cotingidae
Genus: Lipaugus
F. Boie, 1828
Type species
Muscicapa plumbea[1]
Lichtenstein, 1823

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.[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
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.[7] The dusky, chestnut-capped, cinnamon-vented, and scimitar-winged pihas may form a superspecies.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Cotingidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
  2. ^ Boie, Friedrich (1828). "Bemerkungen über mehrere neue Vogelgattungen". Isis von Oken (in German). 21. Cols 312–328 [318].
  3. ^ a b Traylor, Melvin A. Jr, ed. (1979). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 8. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 293.
  4. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Names. London, UK: Christopher Helm. p. 228. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  5. ^ Gray, George Robert (1840). A List of the Genera of Birds : with an Indication of the Typical Species of Each Genus. London: R. and J.E. Taylor. p. 29.
  6. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2021). "Cotingas, manakins, tityras, becards". IOC World Bird List Version 11.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  7. ^ Ridgely, Robert S.; Tudor, Guy (2009). Field Guide to the Songbirds of South America: The Passerines. Austin, TX, US: University of Texas Press. p. 228. ISBN 978-0-292-71748-0.
  8. ^ Kirwan, Guy M.; Green, Graeme (2011). Cotingas and Manakins. Princeton: Princeton University Press. p. 396. ISBN 978-0-691-15352-0.


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