Purpletuft

Purpletufts
Male buff-throated purpletuft
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Tityridae
Genus:	Iodopleura Lesson, 1839

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,^[1] 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.

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