Avibase: Lipaugus uropygialis (Scimitar-winged Piha)

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Scimitar-winged Piha

Lipaugus uropygialis (Sclater, PL; Salvin, O 1876)

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.

Species name	Recordist	Date	Location	Remarks	Cat.nr.
Scimitar-winged Piha - Lipaugus uropygialis	Daniel Lane	11-05-04	Megantoni Camp 3, Cusco (Peru) (2100 m)	group calls (A) - A group of three birds giving vocalizations in response to playback. Unsolicited vocalizations were similar.	40335 xeno-canto.org
Scimitar-winged Piha - Lipaugus uropygialis	Daniel Lane	11-05-04	Megantoni Camp 3, Cusco (Peru) (2250 m)	Flight song (A) - This was a flight song performed by a single male (no others audible nearby) as he fell in a half-corkscrew motion from the original perch to a new one. He then returned to the original perch to perform again. This display will be described in full in print.	40334 xeno-canto.org
Scimitar-winged Piha - Lipaugus uropygialis	Jacob Wijpkema	2023-12-26	Sacramento Alto, La Paz, BO, Nor Yungas (Bolivia) (2500 m)	call, subsong - We are not 100% sure the sound came from the bird we saw. We used 40335 from Daniel Lane to playback.	864087 xeno-canto.org
Scimitar-winged Piha - Lipaugus uropygialis	Katherine Holland	2025-06-16	, La Paz (Bolivia)	-	638014833 macaulaylibrary.org
Scimitar-winged Piha - Lipaugus uropygialis	Guy Kirwan	2016-09-17	, La Paz (Bolivia)	-	644819734 macaulaylibrary.org
Scimitar-winged Piha - Lipaugus uropygialis	Miguel Angel Montenegro Avila & Flavia Montaño	2017-07-29	Coroico (near Bella Vista), Nor Yungas, La Paz Department, La Paz (Bolivia) (2300 m)	Posible Lek, adult, sex uncertain - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	644517 xeno-canto.org
Scimitar-winged Piha - Lipaugus uropygialis	Julian Quillen Vidoz	2012-02-27	Tokoake a 2500, La Paz, Bolivia, La Paz (Bolivia)	- Wing song	63426301 macaulaylibrary.org

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