Bare-necked Fruitcrow
Gymnoderus foetidus
The bare-necked fruitcrow is 34 to 39 cm (13 to 15 in) long; one individual weighed 220 g (7.8 oz). Both sexes have bare blue or bluish white skin on their lower face and neck; on both the skin drapes in folds though much less so on the female than male. The rest of their heads have short velvety feathers and their flanks have large patches of powder down. Adult males are otherwise mostly black except that most of their wing is silvery gray. Females are smaller than males; adults are mostly slaty gray with a faint paler scaly pattern. Voice: The bare-necked fruitcrow is described by some as silent or "apparently mute". Nevertheless, its voice has been described as a "deep bellowing oooooooo like a fog-horn". As of October 2025 xeno-canto and Cornell Lab's Macaulay Library each had a single recording.
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Rufous Piha
Lipaugus unirufus
The rufous piha is 22 to 26 cm (8.7 to 10 in) long; six individuals weighed 79 to 97 g (2.8 to 3.4 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a rufous crown with thin, somewhat lighter, streaks. The rest of their face and their upperparts are deep cinnamon brown. Their wings and tail are deep cinnamon brown with deep ochraceous buff inner webs on the remiges. Their underparts are buffy cinnamon that is darker and duller on the breast. Subspecies L. u. castaneotinctus has darker, more chestnut cinnamon upperparts than the nominate. Voice: The calls of the nominate subspecies of the rufous piha are described as "a very loud, scratchy, electric-sounding WIIII'WERRRE! or Peuuur-WIIII'WERRRRE!, or just a single peeuuurr". Those of subspecies L. u. castaneotinctus are similar, "a variety of loud and explosive whistled calls, e.g., peeeéuw, wheeeéo, and chow-eeéo" that are sometimes given in a short series.
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