Snowornis

Snowornis
Olivaceous piha (Snowornis cryptolophus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Cotingidae
Genus:	Snowornis Prum, 2001
Type species
Lipaugus subalaris (grey-tailed piha) Sclater 1861

Snowornis is a genus of birds in the family Cotingidae. The species were formerly included in the genus Lipaugus ,

The genus Snowornis was introduced in 2001 by Richard Prum with the grey-tailed piha as the type species. The name was chosen to honour the ornithologist David W. Snow. His name is combined with the Ancient Greek ornis meaning "bird". ^[1] The genus is sister to the genus Carpornis which contains the two berryeaters. ^[2]

The genus contains two species. ^[3]

Image	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
	Snowornis cryptolophus	Olivaceous piha	Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
	Snowornis subalaris	Grey-tailed piha	Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.

References

1. Prum, Richard O. (2001). "A new genus for the Andean Green Pihas (Cotingidae)". Ibis. 143 (2): 307–309. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X.2001.tb04489.x.
2. Berv, J.S.; Prum, R.O. (2014). "A comprehensive multilocus phylogeny of the Neotropical cotingas (Cotingidae, Aves) with a comparative evolutionary analysis of breeding system and plumage dimorphism and a revised phylogenetic classification". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 81: 120–136. Bibcode:2014MolPE..81..120B. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.09.001. PMID   25234241.
3. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Cotingas, manakins, tityras, becards". World Bird List Version 8.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 27 June 2018.