Purpletuft

Genus of birds

Purpletufts
Male buff-throated purpletuft
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tityridae
Subfamily: Tityrinae
Genus: Iodopleura
Lesson, 1839
Type species
Pardalotus pipra[1]
Lesson, 1831

The purpletufts (Iodopleura) are a genus of birds in the family Tityridae. It has traditionally been placed in the cotinga family, but evidence strongly suggest it is better placed in Tityridae,[2] where now placed by SACC. These relatively small, short-tailed birds are found in the canopy of forests in tropical South America. Their name is a reference to the purple feather tufts on the flanks of the male, but these are often not visible when the wings are held closed, and females lack them entirely.

Species

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Iodopleura pipra Buff-throated purpletuft eastern Brazil.
Iodopleura isabellae White-browed purpletuft Amazon Rainforest.
Iodopleura fusca Dusky purpletuft southeastern Venezuela, and very locally in northeastern Brazil.

References

  1. ^ "Tityridae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
  2. ^ Adopt the Family Tityridae Archived 2008-05-08 at the Wayback Machine - South American Classification Committee (2007)
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Taxon identifiers
Iodopleura


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