| Snowornis | |
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| Olivaceous piha (Snowornis cryptolophus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Cotingidae |
| Genus: | Snowornis Prum, 2001 |
| Type species | |
| Lipaugus subalaris (grey-tailed piha) Sclater 1861
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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 |
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Snowornis cryptolophus | Olivaceous piha | Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. |
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Snowornis subalaris | Grey-tailed piha | Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. |
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Cotingas, manakins, tityras, becards". World Bird List Version 8.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 27 June 2018.