Cinnamon-vented Piha

About the Cinnamon-vented Piha

The cinnamon-vented piha (Lipaugus lanioides) is a species of bird in the family Cotingidae, the cotingas. It is endemic to Brazil. The cinnamon-vented piha was originally described as Tardampelis lanoides. It was eventually moved to genus Lipaugus that was erected in 1828. The species is monotypic.

The cinnamon-vented piha is 25 to 28 cm (9.8 to 11 in) long and weighs 85 to 110 g (3.0 to 3.9 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a mostly gray head and upperparts with a brownish wash and a slightly scaly crown. Their wings and tail are also gray with a darker brownish wash than on the upperparts. Their underparts are mostly pale grayish brown with thin whitish streaks and cinnamon-buff undertail coverts. They have a dark brown iris, a dark brown or blackish bill with a paler base to the mandible, and gray legs and feet.

The cinnamon-vented piha is found in southeastern Brazil from southeastern Bahia south to northeastern Santa Catarina. There are also a few isolated records inland from that band. The species inhabits humid montane forest, mostly at elevations between 500 and 1,000 m (1,600 and... Wikipedia →