East Amazonian Fire-eye (Pyriglena leuconota) [XC769481]
by Cicero Sim\u00e3o Lima Santos from Porto Franco, Maranh\u00e3o Ecopousada Brasil, Brazil (alarm call, song)
East Amazonian Fire-eye (Pyriglena leuconota) [XC434031]
by GABRIEL LEITE from Santa Rita, Santa Rita, Paraiba, Brazil (song)
Subspecies
Pyriglena leuconota (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) was previously split into Pyriglena leuconota, Pyriglena castanoptera and Pyriglena pacifica following Stotz et al. (1996), but this treatment is no longer adopted, following SACC (2005).
Forms a superspecies with Fringe-backed Fire-eye (Pyriglena atra) and White-shouldered Fire-eye (Pyriglena leucoptera), and sometimes treated as conspecific. Populations of present species appear to involve more than one species. Conversely, some subspecies may represent merely clinal variation in plumage. Further study is required.
The following 10 subspecies are recognised:
pacifica Chapman, 1923 - Western Ecuador and extreme north-western Peru (Tumbes). Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Pacific Fire-eye (Pyriglena pacifica).
castanoptera Chubb, C, 1916 - Andean slopes in southern Colombia (eastern slope of central range, western slope of eastern range in Huila, eastern slope of eastern range southern from Cauca and Caquetá), Ecuador (eastern slope) and northern Peru (north of R Marañón in Piura, Cajamarca and northern Amazonas). Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Chestnut-backed Fire-eye (Pyriglena castanoptera).
picea Cabanis, 1847 - Eastern Andean slope of central Peru (southern Amazonas south to Junín and Ayacucho).
marcapatensis Stolzmann & Domaniewski, 1918 - South-eastern Peru (Madre de Dios, Cuzco, Puno).
hellmayri Stolzmann & Domaniewski, 1918 - West-central Bolivia (Beni, La Paz, Cochabamba, western Santa Cruz).
maura (Ménétries, 1835) - Eastern Bolivia (eastern Santa Cruz), south-central Brazil (western and south-western Mato Grosso) and extreme northern Paraguay (Alto Paraguay).
similis Zimmer, JT, 1931 - South-central Amazonian Brazil in Pará and northern Mato Grosso (R Tapajós east to R Xingu).
interposita Pinto, 1947 - Eastern Pará from R Xingu east to R Tocantins.
leuconota (Spix, 1824) - Eastern Pará (east of R Tocantins) and northern Maranhío.