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- Pyriglena similis
Identification
16-18 cm
Male
- Mostly glossy black
- White central mantle
- Red eye
- Dark bill and legs
Female
- Head black with a brown wash
- White central mantle
- Tail brownish-black
- Rest of bird uniformly rufous-brown
- Eye and legs similar to male
- Immature similar to adults of same sex
- Tail very short in recent fledglings
Distribution
South-central Amazonian Brazil (River Tapajós to River Xingú, so mainly in the state or Para and in northernmost Mato Grosso).
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
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.
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/
- Zimmer, K. and M.L. Isler (2021). Tapajos Fire-eye (Pyriglena similis), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.whbfie9.01
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Tapajos Fire-eye. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Tapajos_Fire-eye
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
