Scimitar-winged Piha
Lipaugus uropygialis(Sclater, PL; Salvin, O, 1876)
English (US) Scimitar-winged Piha
The Scimitar-winged Piha (Lipaugus uropygialis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Cotingidae (Cotingas) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: southern Peru (Cordillera Apolobamba of Puno) and western BoliviaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Lipaugus uropygialis
- Family
- Cotingidae (Cotingas)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Scimitar-winged Piha
- Described by
- (Sclater, PL; Salvin, O, 1876)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Lathria uropygialis
- Described by
- (Sclater, PL; Salvin, O, 1876)
- Type locality
- Tilotilo, 8,000 ft., La Paz, Bolivia.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1876, pt.2 p.355 pl.32
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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