Snowornis Explained

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.

Notes and References

1. Prum . Richard O. . 2001 . A new genus for the Andean Green Pihas (Cotingidae) . Ibis . 143 . 2 . 307–309 . 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2001.tb04489.x.
2. Berv . J.S. . Prum . R.O. . Richard Prum . 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 . 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.09.001 . 25234241 . 2014MolPE..81..120B .
3. Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . 2018 . Cotingas, manakins, tityras, becards . World Bird List Version 8.2 . International Ornithologists' Union . 27 June 2018 .