Lipaugus Unirufus Bird
Lipaugus Unirufus Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Lipaugus unirufus Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1859) (1859), Pt(27)3 p.385
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Cotingidae / Lipaugus
Taxonomy Code: rufpih1
Type Locality: Playa Vicente, Oaxaca, Mexico and Verapaz, Guatemala; type from Playa Vicente, fide Hellmayr, 1929, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Ser., 13, pt. 6, p. 161.
Author: Sclater, PL
Publish Year: 1860
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
LIPAUGUS
(Cotingidae; Ϯ Screaming Piha L. vociferans) Gr. λιπαυγης lipaugēs dark, deserted by light < λειπω leipō to abandon; αυγη augē, αυγης augēs brilliance; "Gattung Lipangus.1 Hieher aus America: 1. Musc. simplex Lichst. 2. — turdina Pr. Max. 3. — ampelina Lichst. 4. — plumbea Pr. Max. 5. — cinerea Pr. Max. 6. — cinerascens Spix. Alle diese Vögel nähern sich durch ihre Gestalt den Würgern und Ampelis-Arten, und sind durch ihr bleygraues Gefieder ausgezeichnet. Nach den Beobachtungen des Prinzen Max von Wied leben sie in dichten Wäldern u. verrathen ihre Anwesenheit durch ein weitschallendes Pfeifen ... 1 Λιπανγος, splendore deficiens" (Boie 1828); "Lipangus (err. typ.1) Boie, 1828, Isis, p. 318. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1840, List. Genera Birds, p. 29), Muscicapa plumbea Licht[enstein] = Muscicapa vociferans Wied. 1 The cited classical derivation, "λιπαυγσς [sic] = splendore deficiens," indicates a correctible error." (Snow in Peters 1979, VIII, 293).
Var. Lipangus (original spelling), Lipangis, Lipaujus.
Synon. Chirocylla, Chrysopteryx, Coraphos, Lathria, Lepageus, Tijuca, Turdampelis.
unirufa / unirufus
L. uni- single, only < unus one; rufus rufous.
SUBSPECIES
Rufous Piha (unirufus)
Latin Name: Lipaugus unirufus unirufus
unirufa / unirufus
L. uni- single, only < unus one; rufus rufous.
Rufous Piha (castaneotinctus)
Latin Name: Lipaugus unirufus castaneotinctus
castaneotincta / castaneotinctus
L. castaneus chestnut-coloured < castanea chestnut < Gr. καστανον kastanon chestnut; tinctus painted, dyed < tingere to colour.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)