Cinnamon-vented Piha Lipaugus lanioides

Brazilian name:
Tropeiro-da-serra
Cinnamon-vented Piha, Intervales, São Paulo, Brazil, April 2004 - click for larger image Brazil

The Cinnamon-vented Piha is a Brazilian endemic being restricted to the south-east of Brazil from southern Bahia to Santa Catarina. It is also classified as Near Threatened by Birdlife International because the small, fragmented population is vulnerable to the disappearance of its Atlantic Rain Forest habitat.

It is similar to the Screaming Piha Lipaugus vociferans but it is larger and is browny-grey in colour with browner wings and tail. The breast and crown have a scaled effect. Like the Screaming Piha it has a very loud voice but with a very different song.

Cinnamon-vented Piha, Intervales, São Paulo, Brazil, April 2004 - click for larger image Birdlife International have an excellent page on this species here while there are recordings on xeno-canto and additional information on Avibase.
Cinnamon-vented Piha, Bandeira, Minas Gerais, Brazil, October 2008 - click for larger image
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