Dusky Purpletuft

The dusky purpletuft is about 11 cm (4.3 in) long; one male weighed 15.3 g (0.54 oz). The sexes have almost the same plumage. They have long wings, a short tail, and a wide bill with a hooked tip. Adults have a mostly slaty blackish head, back, wings, and tail. They have a white band on the rump. Their underparts are smoky brown with white down the center. Males have a small tuft of violet feathers on their upper flank; females' tufts are white. Both sexes have a dark brown iris, a black maxilla, a lead-gray mandible, and dark lead-gray legs. Juveniles have white tips on their dark feathers. Voice: The dusky purpletuft makes "oft trilled notes and high, thin notes" that are similar to those of the white-browed purpletuft, which see here.