Species number: 00080, Sex: male, Age: adult. Singing on a lek
Filmed on 2023-09-25 13:00h in Kourou, French Guiana (Lat: 5.072903 Lon: -52.696488) with Panasonic FZ300

Emblematic of the Amazon rainforest, this sparrow-sized bird has a deafening song (or more appropriately called a "scream"), which can be heard from at least half a kilometer. This video doesn't do justice to how loud it is.

The call of the screaming piha is extraordinarily loud, reaching 116 dB, second only to that of the white bellbird. In the breeding season, up to ten males may gather in loose leks, where they sing to attract females. The sound is frequently used in movies as a sound typical of the Amazon rainforest. It's an elusive bird despite its distinctive voice, remaining still for long periods and blending in with tree branches. It is usually solitary, but may sometimes join a mixed species foraging group.

The screaming piha is a common bird in the middle and lower parts of the canopy at altitudes below about 500 m (1,600 ft), or up to 1,000 m (3,300 ft) in Venezuela and the Andean foothills.
It grows to a length of about 25 cm (10 in). Both sexes have dull grey plumage (wings and tail often somewhat duskier) and the underparts are paler grey. Juveniles are grey tinged with brown or rust. They feed mainly on fruits, but also consumes insects, sometimes flying out from its perch to pluck a fruit or catch an insect in the air with a trogon-like hover.

--from Wikipedia

Its name in different languages:
Arawak: Faifaiyo
Catalan: cotinga cridaner
Carib: Paiypaiyo
Czech: Kotinga kriklavá, kotinga křiklavá
Danish: Larmpiha
German: Schreikotinga, Schreipiha, Tiefland-Graupiha
Aukan: Kwenkwenyon
English: Screaming Piha
Esperanto: Arbara kapitano
Spanish: Guardabosque Chillón, Guardabosques Gritón, Minero, Minero Gritón, Piha gritona, Pijá Gritona
Estonian: hääliskotinga
Finnish: Piiskakotinga
French: Piauhau hurleur
Guianese Creole French: Paypayo, Voyan-gran-bwa
Croatian: siva kotinga
Hungarian: lármás kotinga
Italian: Piha urlatrice, Piha vocifera
Japanese (romaji): mujikazaridori
Japanese: ムジカザリドリ
Karipúna Creole French: Pai-paio
Scientific: Ampelis cineracea, Ampelis cineracea, Ampelis cinerea, Lipaugus cineraceus dispar, Lipaugus vociferans, Muscicapa plumbea, Muscicapa vociferans
Lithuanian: Triukšmingoji piha
Dutch: Schreeuwpiha
Norwegian Nynorsk: Stentorpiha
Norwegian: Stentorpiha
Wayampi: Paipayo, Wylakito
Palikúr: Paypay
Polish: blawatowiec krzykliwy, bławatowiec krzykliwy, Pija krzykliwa
Portuguese: bastião, biscateiro, cricrió, Cricrió-seringueiro, fri-frió, Gritador, guela-d'água, namorador, poaieiro, sabiá-da-mata-virgem, sabiá-do-mato-grosso, sabiá-tropeiro, sebastião, seringueiro, Tropeiro, viraçu, wissiá
Portuguese (Brazil): bastião, biscateiro, cricrio, Cricrió, cricrió-seringueiro, fri-frió, gritador, guela-d'água, namorador, poaieiro, sabiá-da-mata-virgem, sabiá-do-mato-grosso, sabiá-tropeiro, sebastião, seringueiro, tropeiro, viraçu, wissiá
Portuguese (Portugal): Cricrió, guarda-bosques-cricrió
Russian: Крикливая пиха, Крикливая сорокопутовая пиха
Slovak: kotinga krikľavá
Saramaccan: Kwai-kwai
Sranan: Busiskowtu, Gowtunodedia, Kwetkwetyaba, Paipaipyo
Swedish: Larmpiha
Turkish: Islıkçı kotinga
Ukrainian: Пига гаянська
Wayana: Paipajo, Paji-pawijo
Chinese: 尖声伞鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 尖聲皮哈鳥

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