Purpletuft

Purpletufts
File:Buff-throated purpletuft (2).jpg
Male buff-throated purpletuft
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Tityridae
Subfamily:	Tityrinae
Genus:	Iodopleura Lesson, 1839
Type species
Pardalotus pipra Lesson, 1831

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, 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
File:Buff-throated purpletuft (3).jpg	Iodopleura pipra	Buff-throated purpletuft	eastern Brazil.
File:White-browed Purpletuft.jpg	Iodopleura isabellae	White-browed purpletuft	Amazon Rainforest.
File:Iodopleura fusca - Dusky purpletuft.jpg	Iodopleura fusca	Dusky purpletuft	southeastern Venezuela, and very locally in northeastern Brazil.