Buff-throated Purpletuft
Iodopleura pipra(Lesson, RP, 1831)
English (US) Buff-throated Purpletuft
The Buff-throated Purpletuft (Iodopleura pipra) 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.
- Scientific name
- Iodopleura pipra
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered
- English (US)
- Buff-throated Purpletuft
- Described by
- (Lesson, RP, 1831)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Iodopleura pipra leucopygia
- Iodopleura pipra pipra
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Pardalotus pipra
- Described by
- (Lesson, RP, 1831)
- Type locality
- 'a Trinquemale sur la cote de Ceylan'; error, Rio de Janeiro proposed by Hellmayr, 1915, Verb. Ornith. Ges. Bayern, 12, p. 139.
- Original description
- Centurie zoologique, ou choix d'animaux rares, nouveaux ou imparfaitement connus (etc.) 4 p.81 pl.26
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
Other species of the family Tityras, Becards, and Allies
Foothill Schiffornis
Schiffornis aenea
Russet-winged Schiffornis
Schiffornis stenorhyncha
Brown-winged Schiffornis
Schiffornis turdina
Greenish Schiffornis
Schiffornis virescens
White-browed Purpletuft
Iodopleura isabellae
Dusky Purpletuft
Iodopleura fusca
Black-tailed Tityra
Tityra cayana
Black-crowned Tityra
Tityra inquisitor
White-tailed Tityra
Tityra leucura
Masked Tityra
Tityra semifasciata
White-naped Xenopsaris
Xenopsaris albinucha
Green-backed Becard
Pachyramphus viridis
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