Dusky Purpletuft
Iodopleura fusca(Vieillot, LJP, 1817)
English (US) Dusky Purpletuft
The Dusky Purpletuft (Iodopleura fusca) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Tityridae (Tityras, Becards, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: southeastern Venezuela to the Guianas and far northern Brazil (Roraima)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Iodopleura fusca
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Dusky Purpletuft
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1817)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Ampelis fusca
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1817)
- Type locality
- Brazil; emended to Cayenne by Berlepsch, 1908, Novit. Zool., 15, p. 143.
- Original description
- Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 8 p.162
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
Other species of the family Tityras, Becards, and Allies
Northern Schiffornis
Schiffornis veraepacis
Foothill Schiffornis
Schiffornis aenea
Russet-winged Schiffornis
Schiffornis stenorhyncha
Brown-winged Schiffornis
Schiffornis turdina
Greenish Schiffornis
Schiffornis virescens
White-browed Purpletuft
Iodopleura isabellae
Buff-throated Purpletuft
Iodopleura pipra
Black-tailed Tityra
Tityra cayana
Black-crowned Tityra
Tityra inquisitor
White-tailed Tityra
Tityra leucura
Masked Tityra
Tityra semifasciata
White-naped Xenopsaris
Xenopsaris albinucha
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