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Lipaugus
''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''. The name comes from the Greek language, Greek ''lipaugēs'', meaning "dark" or "devoid of light". The type species was designated by George Robert Gray, George Gray in 1840 as the screaming piha. The genus contains nine species. Two former ''Lipaugus'' species are now in the genus'' Snowornis''. The dusky, chestnut-capped, cinnamon-vented, and scimitar-winged pihas may form a Species complex, superspecies. References Lipaugus, Bird genera Taxa named by Friedrich Boie Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Cotingidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lipaugus Weberi (Chestnut-capped Piha) - Arriero Antioqueño (6929394022)
The chestnut-capped piha (''Lipaugus weberi'') is a species of bird in the family Cotingidae. It is endemism, endemic to a small portion of Colombia's Cordillera Central (Colombia), central Andes in the department of Antioquia. The chestnut-capped piha resides only in a narrow band of humid cloud forest, premontane cloud forest. It is a dark grey passerine with a notable chestnut crown on the upper nape and pale cinnamon-colored Covert feather#Tail coverts, undertail coverts. Adults are small for Lipaugus, pihas, measuring about long. Males have modified Flight feather#Primaries, primary feathers with elongated and stiff Feather#Classification, barbules that enable them to create a whirring noise with their wings, which the piha likely uses for display purposes. Its call is extremely loud and can be heard over away. The chestnut-capped piha is mostly Frugivore, frugivorous, although it will eat some invertebrates. Little is known about the species' breeding ecology, although it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
