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[[Image:Buff-throated_Purpletuft.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Oregonian|Oregonian}} <br />Ubatuba area, Sao Paulo, [[Brazil]], November 2004]]
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;[[:Category:Iodopleura|Iodopleura]] pipra
 
;[[:Category:Iodopleura|Iodopleura]] pipra
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
9.5cm
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9.5cm (3¾ in)
 
*Grey upperparts
 
*Grey upperparts
 
*Grey-barred white underparts
 
*Grey-barred white underparts
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[[South America]]: endemic to [[Brazil]].
 
[[South America]]: endemic to [[Brazil]].
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>====
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====Subspecies====
There are 2 subspecies:
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There are 2 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
 
*''I. p. leucopygia'':
 
*''I. p. leucopygia'':
 
:*Coastal north-eastern [[Brazil]] (Paraíba, Pernambuco, Alagoas and Bahia)
 
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A tiny cup-shaped nest is built and 1 egg is laid.
 
A tiny cup-shaped nest is built and 1 egg is laid.
 
==References==
 
==References==
#{{Ref-Clements6thDec10}}#ARKive
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Revision as of 22:44, 30 August 2020

Photo by avaliadordenick
Antonina, Brazil, 29 August 2020
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

  1. 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/
  2. ARKive

Recommended Citation

External Links


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