Listen to the Screaming piha
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About the Screaming piha
The Screaming piha is a bird in the family Cotingidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults weigh around 81 g.
What does the Screaming piha sound like?
Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
The recordings here are labelled as song, lek song and call. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The screaming piha (Lipaugus vociferans) is a species of passerine bird in the family Cotingidae, the cotingas. It is found in every mainland South American country except for these four countries: Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
Related birds in the genus Lipaugus
More from the family Cotingidae
Andean cock-of-the-rock
Rupicola peruvianus
Guianan cock-of-the-rock
Rupicola rupicola
Amazonian umbrellabird
Cephalopterus ornatus
Red-crested cotinga
Ampelion rubrocristatus
Capuchinbird
Perissocephalus tricolor
Scaled fruiteater
Ampelioides tschudii
Long-wattled umbrellabird
Cephalopterus penduliger
Black-necked red cotinga
Phoenicircus nigricollis
Purple-throated cotinga
Porphyrolaema porphyrolaema
Orange-breasted fruiteater
Pipreola jucunda
Frequently asked questions
What does a Screaming piha sound like?
You can hear 6 recordings of the Screaming piha on this page, including its song, lek song and call. Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
Is the Screaming piha endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Screaming piha as “least concern”.
What family does the Screaming piha belong to?
The Screaming piha (Lipaugus vociferans) belongs to the family Cotingidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Lek song · Napo: 'Gareno (Guaponi) Lodge', Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Pastaza: Churunalpi, 5 km N Canelos, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Sucumbíos: 'Sacha Lodge', n bank Río Napo, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Orellana: 'Maxus' road km 37 (27 km SSE Pompeya), Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Orellana: 'Maxus' road km 37 (27 km SSE Pompeya), Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Pastaza: Churunalpi, 5 km N Canelos, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q1067401 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Screaming piha – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Hector Bottai – CC BY-SA 4.0