- Iodopleura pipra
Identification
9.5cm (3¾ in)
- Grey upperparts
- Grey-barred white underparts
- White rump
- Cinnamon buff throat, chest and under tail
- Violet flanks
Female: lacks the colourful flanks
Juveniles: have white feather tips
Distribution
South America: endemic to Brazil.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 2 subspecies[1]:
- I. p. leucopygia:
- Coastal north-eastern Brazil (Paraíba, Pernambuco, Alagoas and Bahia)
- I. p. pipra:
- Coastal eastern Brazil (Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo)
Habitat
Lowland and coastal humid forest and plantations up to 1,000m.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet includes primarily mistletoe berries, other fruit and insects.
Breeding
A tiny cup-shaped nest is built and 1 egg is laid.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- ARKive
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Buff-throated Purpletuft. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 24 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Buff-throated_Purpletuft
External Links
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