Cinnamon-vented Piha
Lipaugus lanioides
Cotingas (Cotingidae) · Passeriformes (Passeriformes)
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Often mixed up with
In quizzes, players most often confuse Cinnamon-vented Piha with these birds— either this species was picked by mistake, or the other way around.
| Species | Mix-ups |
|---|---|
| Screaming Piha Lipaugus vociferans | 1 |
Family
The cotingas are a large family, Cotingidae, of suboscine passerine birds found in Central America and tropical South America. Cotingas are birds of forests or forest edges, that are primary frugivorous. They all have broad bills with hooked tips, rounded wings, and strong legs.
Order
A passerine () is any bird of the order Passeriformes (; from Latin passer 'sparrow' and formis '-shaped'), which includes more than half of all bird species. Sometimes known as perching birds, passerines generally have an anisodactyl arrangement of their toes (three pointing forward and one back), which facilitates perching. With more than 140 families and some 6,500 identified species, Passeriformes is the largest order of birds and one of the most diverse clades of terrestrial vertebrates, representing 60% of …