White-browed Purpletuft

The white-browed purpletuft is 11 to 12 cm (4.3 to 4.7 in) long and weighs about 20 g (0.71 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 white lores, a white stripe behind the eye, a white "moustache", and a white throat. The rest of their head and their back, wings, and tail are blackish brown. They have a white band on the rump. Their underparts are mostly white with dusky brown sides and dusky bars on the flanks. Males have a small tuft of violet feathers on their upper flank; females' tufts are white. Voice: The white-browed purpletuft's song is an "extr. high, upslurred seewee or single see". It also makes "soft sr’r’r trills in series, weak jee-jee-jee and thin ti-ti-ti-ti-ti-ti-ti rattle" calls.