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- Xipholena atropurpurea
Identification
19 cm. Black-purple body, paler rump and crissum, short tail, white wings, black tips to primaries, white iris. Female - drab grey upperparts, pale eye-stripe, darker wings fringed white, dusky tail, pale grey throat with darker breast mottled white, grey-white on rest of underparts.
Distribution
East Brazil.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Moist lowland forests near coasts.
Behaviour
The diet includes fruit, especially Moraceae, Myrtaceae and Lauraceae, and some insects.
