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Lipaugus

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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

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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

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  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.