Dusky Purpletuft (Iodopleura fusca)

Other Names (World)
Dusky Purpletuft, Dusky Cotinga

Family
Tityridae (Tityras And Allies)

Size
11.50 - 12 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Vieillot, 1817)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest. From sea-level - 500 m.

Range (Guide)

Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela.

Eastern and south-eastern Venezuela, the Guianas, and adjacent northern Brazil (Roraima and probably farther south, to Manaus area, also Amap�).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (17)...)

Dusky Purpletuft (Iodopleura fusca) [XC460689]
by Brice de la Croix from Laranjal do Jari, State of Amap\u00e1, Brazil (call)

Dusky Purpletuft (Iodopleura fusca) [XC42087]
by Alexandre Renaudier from camp Aya, Trinit\u00e9 Nature Reserve, French Guiana (song?)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Genus has been suggested, on basis of morphological analysis, as possibly belonging to an assemblage containing Laniisoma and genera currently placed in Pipridae (Schiffornis) and Tyrannidae (Laniocera, Xenopsaris, Pachyramphus). Traditional placement within present family considered preferable, pending further study. Species is closely related to, and forming a superspecies with, White-browed Purpletuft (Iodopleura isabellae) and possibly conspecific, but differences comparable to those between other species pairs within family and treatment as separate species seems justified.

References
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