Copyright: monacoeye • Santa Lucia, Ecuador, Feb 2011 • Do not copy

Bird name: Olivaceous Piha
Latin: Snowornis cryptolophus
Other: Piha olicacéa (Es)
Family: Cotingidae • Cotingas, Pihas
Range: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Similar: Grey-tailed Piha, tanagers

Although Birds of Ecuador (Ridgely & Greenfield, 2001) puts the Pihas on the Flycatchers plate (and uses old genus name Lathria), as they look rather similar, in fact, Pihas are related to Cotingas.

I was lucky in that a good Dutch guide (can’t remember name) with another group managed to call this one down from the tree tops at Paz de las Aves. We then observed it swooping and the guide even took a recording. Note light eye-ring.More photos...

118 Cotingidae - Cotingas - IOC 2.5 2010

Ampelion rubrocristatus - Red-crested Cotinga - W Venezuela to Bolivia
Ampelion rufaxilla - Chestnut-crested Cotinga - Colombia to Bolivia

Zaratornis stresemanni - White-cheeked Cotinga - W Peru

Doliornis remseni - Chestnut-bellied Cotinga - Colombia, Ecuador
Doliornis sclateri - Bay-vented Cotinga - C Peru

Phytotoma raimondii - Peruvian Plantcutter - NW Peru
Phytotoma rutila - White-tipped Plantcutter - SC, SE South America
Phytotoma rara - Rufous-tailed Plantcutter - Chile, W Argentina

Carpornis cucullata - Hooded Berryeater - SE Brazil
Carpornis melanocephala - Black-headed Berryeater - E Brazil

Pipreola riefferii - Green-and-black Fruiteater - N Venezuela to N Peru
Pipreola intermedia - Band-tailed Fruiteater - Peru to Bolivia
Pipreola arcuata - Barred Fruiteater - W Venezuela to Bolivia
Pipreola aureopectus - Golden-breasted Fruiteater - Colombia, Venezuela
Pipreola jucunda - Orange-breasted Fruiteater - Colombia, Ecuador
Pipreola lubomirskii - Black-chested Fruiteater - S Colombia to Peru
Pipreola pulchra - Masked Fruiteater - Peru
Pipreola frontalis - Scarlet-breasted Fruiteater - N Ecuador to Bolivia
Pipreola chlorolepidota - Fiery-throated Fruiteater - S Colombia to Peru
Pipreola formosa - Handsome Fruiteater - N Venezuela
Pipreola whitelyi - Red-banded Fruiteater - Tepuis

Ampelioides tschudii - Scaled Fruiteater - W Venezuela to Bolivia

Rupicola rupicola - Guianan Cock-of-the-rock - N Amazonia
Rupicola peruvianus - Andean Cock-of-the-rock - W Venezuela to Bolivia

Phoenicircus carnifex - Guianan Red Cotinga - NE Amazonia
Phoenicircus nigricollis - Black-necked Red Cotinga - W, SC Amazonia

Cotinga amabilis - Lovely Cotinga - SE Mexico to Costa Rica
Cotinga ridgwayi - Turquoise Cotinga - Costa Rica, Panama
Cotinga nattererii - Blue Cotinga - Panama to NW Ecuador
Cotinga maynana - Plum-throated Cotinga - W Amazonia
Cotinga cotinga - Purple-breasted Cotinga - NE Amazonia
Cotinga maculata - Banded Cotinga - SE Brazil
Cotinga cayana - Spangled Cotinga - Amazonia

Procnias tricarunculatus - Three-wattled Bellbird - Honduras to Panama
Procnias albus - White Bellbird - NE Amazonia
Procnias averano - Bearded Bellbird - N, E South America
Procnias nudicollis - Bare-throated Bellbird - E, SE South America

Tijuca atra - Black-and-gold Cotinga - SE Brazil
Tijuca condita - Grey-winged Cotinga - SE Brazil

Lipaugus weberi - Chestnut-capped Piha - NW Colombia
Lipaugus fuscocinereus - Dusky Piha - Colombia to Peru
Lipaugus uropygialis - Scimitar-winged Piha - SE Peru, Bolivia
Lipaugus unirufus - Rufous Piha - S Mexico to NW Ecuador
Lipaugus vociferans - Screaming Piha - Amazonia, E Brazil
Lipaugus lanioides - Cinnamon-vented Piha - SE Brazil
Lipaugus streptophorus - Rose-collared Piha - Tepuis

Conioptilon mcilhennyi - Black-faced Cotinga - SW Amazonia

Snowornis subalaris - Grey-tailed Piha - S Colombia to Peru
Snowornis cryptolophus - Olivaceous Piha - Colombia to Peru

Porphyrolaema porphyrolaema - Purple-throated Cotinga - W, SC Amazonia

Xipholena punicea - Pompadour Cotinga - Amazonia
Xipholena lamellipennis - White-tailed Cotinga - SE Amazonia
Xipholena atropurpurea - White-winged Cotinga - E Brazil

Carpodectes hopkei - Black-tipped Cotinga - SW Panama to NW Ecuador
Carpodectes nitidus - Snowy Cotinga - SW Honduras to W Panama
Carpodectes antoniae - Yellow-billed Cotinga - Costa Rica, Panama

Gymnoderus foetidus - Bare-necked Fruitcrow - Amazonia

Querula purpurata - Purple-throated Fruitcrow - S Nicaragua through Amazonia

Haematoderus militaris - Crimson Fruitcrow - NE Amazonia

Pyroderus scutatus - Red-ruffed Fruitcrow - N, NW, E, SE South America

Perissocephalus tricolor - Capuchinbird - NE Amazonia

Cephalopterus glabricollis - Bare-necked Umbrellabird - Costa Rica, Panama
Cephalopterus ornatus - Amazonian Umbrellabird - W, C Amazonia
Cephalopterus penduliger - Long-wattled Umbrellabird - Colombia, Ecuador

Incertae Sedis - Family Uncertain

Phibalura flavirostris - Swallow-tailed Cotinga - SE South America

Calyptura cristata - Kinglet Calyptura - SE Brazil