Screaming Piha

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Screaming Piha

Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cotingidae
Genus: Lipaugus
Species: L. vociferans
Binomial name
Lipaugus vociferans
(Wied, 1820)

The Screaming Piha (Lipaugus vociferans) is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is known as the Pwe-pwe Yoh by the Cofan people of Ecuador because of the males distinctive cry while during mating season. Males of the species, like male hermit hummingbirds, are known engage in lekking behavior during mating season.

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