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.[1][2] The name comes from the Greek lipaugēs, meaning "dark" or "devoid of light".[3] The type species was designated by George Gray in 1840 as the screaming piha.[2][4]
The genus contains nine species.[5]
Two former Lipaugus species are now in the genus Snowornis.[6] The dusky, chestnut-capped, cinnamon-vented, and scimitar-winged pihas may form a superspecies.[7]
References
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^ Boie, Friedrich (1828). "Bemerkungen über mehrere neue Vogelgattungen". Isis von Oken (in German). 21. Cols 312–328 [318].
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^ 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.
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^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Names. London, UK: Christopher Helm. p. 228. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
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^ 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.
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^ 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.
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^ 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.
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^ Kirwan, Guy M.; Green, Graeme (2011). Cotingas and Manakins. Princeton: Princeton University Press. p. 396. ISBN 978-0-691-15352-0.
