Buff-throated Purpletuft

The buff-throated purpletuft is 8.7 to 10.5 cm (3.4 to 4.1 in) long; two individuals weighed 9.6 and 10.5 g (0.34 and 0.37 oz). The sexes have almost the same plumage. They have long wings, a short tail, and a wide bill with a hooked tip. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a pale gray supercilium, a dusky line through the eye, and a broken white eye-ring on an otherwise gray face. Their crown is a darker gray than their face. Their upperparts are mostly gray with a white rump. Their wings are mostly dusky to blackish with dusky coverts. Their tail is dusky to blackish. Voice: The buff-throated purpletuft's song is an "extr. high weeh-zwee, 1st note slightly higher and longer".