Rufous Piha (Lipaugus unirufus) [XC490043]
by Brendan Sloan from Puntarenas, Costa Rica (call)
Rufous Piha (Lipaugus unirufus) [XC274101]
by Peter Boesman from Esquinas lodge, Piedras Blancas NP, Puntarenas, Costa Rica (call)
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).