About the Screaming Piha
The screaming piha is a species of passerine bird in the lesser-known family Cotingidae, the cotingas. It is found in every mainland South American country except for these four countries: Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
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The screaming piha is 24 to 26 cm (9.4 to 10 in) long and weighs 68 to 87 g (2.4 to 3.1 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have medium gray upperparts. Their tail and their wings' flight feathers and greater coverts are browner or duskier. Their underparts are a paler gray that is palest on the throat. They have a brown, grayish brown, or gray iris, a black maxilla and a dusky mandible with a pinkish dusky base. Their legs and feet are highly variable with colors that include dark shades of green, brown, gray, and black. Voice: " Screaming Piha is famous for its characteristic qui, qui, yo call, which is audible through up to 400 m of rainforest" and is preceded by two or three fainter groo notes. The song exceeds 110 decibels at one meter, which "translated for human ears a value of loudness between 'discomfort' and 'pain' ".
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What the Screaming Piha sounds like
Where it lives
When to see it
Peak activity in July · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Rufous PihaLipaugus unirufusThe 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).
Dusky PihaLipaugus fuscocinereusThe dusky piha is the largest member and has the longest tail of genus Lipaugus.
Black-and-gold CotingaLipaugus aterThe black-and-gold cotinga is 25 to 28 cm (9.8 to 11 in) long.
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