Cotingas (Cotingidae)
Dusky Purpletuft (Iodopleura fusca) - HBW 9, p. 87
French: Cotinga brun
German: Braunkopf-Zwergkotinga
Spanish: Cotinguita Oscuro
Other common names: Dusky Cotinga
Taxonomy: Ampelis fusca Vieillot, 1817, Cayenne.
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, I. isabellae; possibly conspecific, but differences comparable to those between other species pairs within family and treatment as separate species seems justified. Monotypi.. View all taxonomy...
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, I. isabellae; possibly conspecific, but differences comparable to those between other species pairs within family and treatment as separate species seems justified. Monotypic.
Distribution: E & SE Venezuela, the Guianas, and adjacent N Brazil (Roraima and probably farther S, to Manaus area, also Amapá).
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Two fairly poor but close views of a bird in atop a tree. Locality Zanderij International Airport, Para District, Suriname (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 12 June 2011 1 year ago 16 sec 2.5 -
A bird perched atop a large tree, scanning it's surroundings for potential prey. Locality Zanderij International Airport, Para District, Suriname (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 12 June 2011 1 year ago 24 sec 2.4
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Frontal view of a bird feeding.
Locality El Paují, Bolívar State, Venezuela
beto_matheus 11 August 2009 3 years ago 2.7 -
2 birds alighted briefly on an emergent tree top.
Locality Sierra de Lema, Canaima National Park, Bolívar State, Venezuela
Richard Bayldon 5 March 2012 1 year ago 1.6
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