Avibase: Snowornis cryptolophus (Olivaceous Piha)

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Olivaceous Piha

Snowornis cryptolophus (Sclater, PL; Salvin, O 1877)

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

Species name	Recordist	Date	Location	Remarks	Cat.nr.
Olivaceous Piha - Snowornis cryptolophus mindoensis	Jonas Nilsson	2002-07-08	Pichincha: Tandayapa ridge 3 km SSW Tandayapa, Pichincha & Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas (Ecuador) (1850 m)	alarm (?) calls - Moore et al. 2013: Bird Sounds of Ecuador DVD playback-used:no	262973 xeno-canto.org
Olivaceous Piha - Snowornis cryptolophus	gleison fernando guarin largo	2019-10-30	Camino Montezuma--La Clarita, Risaralda, Colombia, Risaralda (Colombia)	- dos individuos en una bandada mixta posiblemente en apareamiento	186554161 macaulaylibrary.org
Olivaceous Piha - Snowornis cryptolophus mindoensis	Jonas Nilsson	2002-07-08	Pichincha: 'Tandayapa Bird Lodge', Pichincha & Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas (Ecuador) (1700 m)	call - Humid forest. Reference: JN1 (A 118-122). Krabbe & Nilsson (2003) (ISBN 90-75838-06-9).Filtered and shortened version on Moore et al. 2013: Bird Sounds of Ecuador DVD bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	276496 xeno-canto.org
Olivaceous Piha - Snowornis cryptolophus	Pete Shen	2025-07-24	, Risaralda (Colombia)	-	640198767 macaulaylibrary.org
Olivaceous Piha - Snowornis cryptolophus	Nick Athanas	2007-01-01	Tandayapa Bird Lodge, Pichincha, Ecuador, Pichincha (Ecuador)	- Rattle. I can't be 100% sure that the sound came from the piha since it was with a mixed species flock and there were other birds near it. XC9860.	250565801 macaulaylibrary.org
Olivaceous Piha - Snowornis cryptolophus	Jay McGowan	2016-02-10	Reserva Las Gralarias, Pichincha, Ecuador, Pichincha (Ecuador)	- Wing noise and very soft, piping calls from one or both individuals in a pair foraging together in mid-story.	25510711 macaulaylibrary.org
Olivaceous Piha - Snowornis cryptolophus mindoensis	Nick Athanas	01/01/2007	Tandayapa Bird Lodge, Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha, Pichincha & Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas (Ecuador) (1800 m)	rattle (D) - Certainty: 95%. It was with a mixed flock.	9860 xeno-canto.org
Olivaceous Piha - Snowornis cryptolophus mindoensis	Scott Olmstead	2008-07-15	Paz de las Aves, Pichincha, Pichincha & Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas (Ecuador) (1800 m)	rattle (D) - Soft rattle call given in flight. Recording filtered to mitigate stream noise. Recording (not its ID) has been discussed. See the forum.	97930 xeno-canto.org
Olivaceous Piha - Snowornis cryptolophus	gleison fernando guarin largo	2025-07-24	, Risaralda (Colombia)	-	639925626 macaulaylibrary.org
Olivaceous Piha - Snowornis cryptolophus	Scott Olmstead	2008-07-15	Paz de las Aves, Pichincha, Pichincha & Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas (Ecuador) (1800 m)	rattle (E) - Unfiltered version of XC97930.	98043 xeno-canto.org

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