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ForestMedium · 116 g
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The scimitar-winged piha is 30 cm (12 in) long; one male weighed 116 g (4.1 oz) and one female 135 g (4.8 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have mostly medium gray upperparts, a rufous-chestnut rump, and somewhat darker gray wings and tail. Their underparts are mostly paler gray with rufous-chestnut lower flanks and undertail coverts. They have a dark red-brown iris, a blackish maxilla, a horn-colored mandible, and plumbeous legs and feet.
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When to see the Scimitar-winged Piha
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is September, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Scimitar-winged Piha
The map shades 1 country with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Peru.
About the Scimitar-winged Piha
The scimitar-winged piha is a Vulnerable species of bird in the family Cotingidae, the cotingas. It is found in Bolivia and Peru.
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Easily confused with
Rose-collared PihaLipaugus streptophorusThe rose-collared piha is 20 to 22 cm (7.9 to 8.7 in) long.
Grey-winged CotingaLipaugus conditusThe grey-winged cotinga is about 24 cm (9.4 in) long.
Chestnut-capped PihaLipaugus weberiOverall the chestnut-capped piha is a dark grey bird with a notable chestnut crown on the upper nape and pale cinnamon-colored undertail coverts.
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