Rufous Piha (Lipaugus unirufus)

Family
Cotingidae (Cotingas)

Size
23 - 24 cm

First Described (Guide)
Sclater, 1859

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest. From sea-level - 1,200 m.

Range (Guide)

Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama.

Population
Estimated population is 50,000 - 499,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (47)...)

Rufous Piha (Lipaugus unirufus) [XC262284]
by Olaf Jahn from Esmeraldas: Playa de Oro, village and vicinity, R\u00edo Santiago, Ecuador (call, calls)

Rufous Piha (Lipaugus unirufus) [XC58954]
by Ken Allaire from Playa de Oro, Esmeraldas, Ecuador (song)

Subspecies
Geographical variation in colour over most of extensive range generally slight, considered not to merit taxonomic recognition. Described subspecies clara (Panama) synonymized with nominate.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

unirufus Sclater, 1859 - Southern Mexico (eastern from northern Oaxaca) east to northern Honduras and eastern Nicaragua, and south to Panama and western Colombia (east to middle Magdalena Valley).
castaneotinctus (Hartert, 1902) - Extreme south-western Colombia and north-western Ecuador (Esmeraldas).

References
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Files:

JPG files for Rufous Piha (Lipaugus unirufus) - 10 files

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