Buff-throated purpletuft

Buff-throated purpletuft
Adult male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tityridae
Genus: Iodopleura
Species: I. pipra
Binomial name
Iodopleura pipra
(Lesson, 1831)
Synonyms
  • Iodopleura leucopygia

The buff-throated purpletuft (Iodopleura pipra) is a small species of South American bird 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.

It is endemic to Atlantic Forest in eastern Brazil. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.

Male I. p. leucopygia, illustration by Joseph Smit, 1888

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Iodopleura pipra". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. Adopt the Family Tityridae - South American Classification Committee (2007)


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