Order: Passeriformes | Family: Cotingidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Coroico Road, Bolivia
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Maruncunca, Puno
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Coroico Road, Bolivia
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Coroico Road, Bolivia
Status: The Scimitar-winged Piha is rare and very local known to occur in the montane forests of the east slope of the Andes of Cuzco and Puno at elevations ranging between 2100-2400 m. It also occurs in Bo.
Name in Spanish: Piha Ala-de-Cimatarra.
Sub-species: Scimitar-winged Piha (Lipaugus uropygialis), (P. L. Sclater and Salvin), 1876.
Meaning of Name: Lipaugus: Gr. leipo= to abandon and auge, auges= brilliance; lipauges= dark, deserted by light. uropygialis: L. uropygium= rump. In reference to a bird’s rump.

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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 03/01/2016.