Snowornis
Olivaceous piha (Snowornis cryptolophus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cotingidae
Genus: Snowornis
Prum, 2001
Type species
Lipaugus subalaris (grey-tailed piha)
Sclater 1861

Snowornis is a genus of birds in the family Cotingidae. The species were formerly included in the genus Lipaugus,

The genus Snowornis was introduced in 2001 by Richard Prum with the grey-tailed piha as the type species. The name was chosen to honour the ornithologist David W. Snow. His name is combined with the Ancient Greek ornis meaning "bird".[1] The genus is sister to the genus Carpornis which contains the two berryeaters.[2]

The genus contains two species.[3]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Snowornis cryptolophus Olivaceous piha Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
Snowornis subalaris Grey-tailed piha Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.

References

  1. ^ Prum, Richard O. (2001). "A new genus for the Andean Green Pihas (Cotingidae)". Ibis. 143 (2): 307–309. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X.2001.tb04489.x.
  2. ^ Berv, J.S.; Prum, R.O. (2014). "A comprehensive multilocus phylogeny of the Neotropical cotingas (Cotingidae, Aves) with a comparative evolutionary analysis of breeding system and plumage dimorphism and a revised phylogenetic classification". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 81: 120–136. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.09.001. PMID 25234241.
  3. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Cotingas, manakins, tityras, becards". World Bird List Version 8.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 27 June 2018.


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