Lipaugus vociferans
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
The screaming piha (Lipaugus vociferans) is a species of passerine bird in the lesser-known family Cotingidae, the cotingas. It is found in every mainland South American country except for these four countries: Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
The screaming piha has a complicated taxonomic history. It was originally described as Ampelis cinerea but that binomial was already in use for the pompadour cotinga (now named Xipholena punicea). The oldest available name was Muscicapa vociferans, with which Weid mistakenly placed it in the Old World flycatcher family. It was moved to genus Lipaugus in 1828 by Boie who erected that genus for it (but spelled it Lipangus because of mis-reading the name's Greek origin).
The screaming piha is monotypic. The screaming piha is 24 to 26 cm (9.4 to 10 in) long and weighs 68 to 87 g (2.4 to 3.1 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have medium gray upperparts. Their tail and their wings' flight feathers and greater coverts are browner or duskier. Their underparts are a paler gray that is palest on the throat. They have a brown, grayish brown, or gray iris, a black maxilla and a dusky mandible... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brownsberg Nature Park | 🇸🇷 Suriname | |
| 2 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 3 | Anavilhanas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 5 | Amacayacu National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 6 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 7 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 8 | Amboró National Park | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 9 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Diego Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Burgers' Ocean | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | |
| 3 | Royal Burgers' Zoo | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | |
| 4 | Dallas World Aquarium | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | National Aquarium | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Pantropica | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Screaming Piha sighting in Manu National Park on a given day, based on 519 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 139th most-seen of the 641 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August and September
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Screaming Piha in Manu National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April, the lowest month. Those are among Manu National Park's driest months, with about 75 mm of rain a month against 290 mm in February.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Screaming Piha sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 9
Of the 9 parks where we can rate Screaming Piha sightings, Manu National Park ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Brownsberg Nature Park (Suriname, about 50%), Tambopata National Reserve (Peru, about 20%) and Anavilhanas National Park (Brazil, about 20%).
Same family: Cotingidae
The closest relatives of the Screaming Piha that you can see in Manu National Park (family Cotingidae, Cotingas) are White-winged Becard (about 10%), Bare-necked Fruitcrow (about 10%) and Purple-throated Fruitcrow (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Screaming Piha is recorded against all the birds logged in Manu National Park (519 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
