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The nest of Buff-throated Purpletuft Iodopleura pipra leucopygia

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Collected in Alagoas, north-east Brazil, in 1984, the sole nest of Iodopleura pipra leucopygia (Buff-throated Purpletuft) was not described at the time due to its being misidentified as belonging to White-browed Purpletuft I. isabellae. However, it was collected and deposited at the Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, and its measurements and construction materials are described here. For the first time, the use of spider webs in the nest of Buff-throated Purpletuft I. pipra is indicated, and comparison with the few available descriptions of nests of congeners reveals that only this species is currently known to use lichens and bryophytes. The nest description presented here is the most detailed for any species of the genus Iodopleura.

Source: Bulletin of the British Ornithologists Club

DOI: 10.25226/bboc.v144i4.2024.a7

Authors: Marco Aurélio Crozariol, Dante Martins Teixeira

Institutions: Universidade Estadual do Ceará, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Language: English

Topic: Avian ecology and behavior

Subfield: Ecology

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4405010356

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