Listen to the Dusky purpletuft
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About the Dusky purpletuft
The Dusky purpletuft is a bird in the family Tityridae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”.
What does the Dusky purpletuft sound like?
Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
The recordings here are labelled as call. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The dusky purpletuft (Iodopleura fusca) is a small species of bird in the family Tityridae, the tityras, becards, and allies. It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.
More from the family Tityridae
Sharpbill
Oxyruncus cristatus
Black-tailed tityra
Tityra cayana
Cinereous mourner
Laniocera hypopyrra
Pink-throated becard
Pachyramphus minor
White-winged becard
Pachyramphus polychopterus
One-colored becard
Pachyramphus homochrous
Yellow-cheeked becard
Pachyramphus xanthogenys
Northern schiffornis
Schiffornis veraepacis
Foothill schiffornis
Schiffornis aenea
Frequently asked questions
What does a Dusky purpletuft sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the Dusky purpletuft on this page, including its call. Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
Is the Dusky purpletuft endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Dusky purpletuft as “least concern”.
What family does the Dusky purpletuft belong to?
The Dusky purpletuft (Iodopleura fusca) belongs to the family Tityridae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Call · Laranjal do Jari, State of Amapá, Brazil by Kurazo Okada – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q1306460 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Dusky purpletuft – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Hector Bottai – CC BY-SA 4.0