Snowornis
''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 Snow (ornithologist), David W. Snow. His name is combined with the Ancient Greek ''ornis'' meaning "bird". The genus is sister taxon, sister to the genus ''Carpornis '' which contains the two berryeaters. The genus contains two species. References

Snowornis, Bird genera Birds of the Colombian Andes,   Birds of the Ecuadorian Andes,   Birds of the Peruvian Andes,   Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Cotingidae-stub ...
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