- Pyriglena leuconota
Identification
16-18 cm
Male
- Mostly glossy black
- White central mantle
- Red eye
- Dark bill and legs
Female
- Reddish brown on crown, upperside and wings
- White central mantle
- Tail brownish-black
- Greyish side of head
- Underside buff with brownish especially on the flanks and greyish on undertail coverts
- Eye and legs similar to male
- Immature similar to adults of same sex except that the male has brownish wings
- Tail very short in recent fledglings
Distribution
South America: found in north-central to north-eastern Brazil.
Taxonomy
East Amazonian Fire-eye, Tapajos Fire-eye, and Western Fire-eye were formerly considered a single species under the name of White-backed Fire-eye.
Subspecies
Three subspecies are recognized[1].
- P. l. interposita: East-central Brazil (River Xingú to River Tocantins)
- P. l. leuconota: Eastern Brazil (eastern Pará east of River Tocantins and northern Maranhão)
- P. l. pernambucensis: North-eastern Brazil (eastern Pernambuco and eastern Alagoas)
Habitat
Evergreen forests where it especially is associated with spots of dense understory. Found in lowland up to less than 1000 m asl.
Behaviour
Food consists mainly of invertebrates but also includes small lizards.
Often seen hunting by jumping from a perch to where a prey is taken but especially when near army ant-swarms (frequent!) also hunting in a more active manner.
Vocalisation
Song includes duets of series of short whistles, where the male starts and the female immediately follows at a slightly higher pitch.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Lepage D. (2021) Avibase. Retrieved 12 February 2021
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) East Amazonian Fire-eye. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/East_Amazonian_Fire-eye
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
