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 LC    White-shouldered Fire-eye* Id (Atlas):
    Pyriglena leucoptera

Description (10)
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Family
Thamnophilidae (Typical Antbirds)

Size
17 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Vieillot, 1818)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From sea-level - 1,250 m.

Range (Guide)
Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay.

Eastern Brazil (eastern Bahia and south-western Minas Gerais south to southern Mato Grosso do Sul and extreme northern Rio Grande do Sul), eastern Paraguay (Canendiyu south to Itapuá) and extreme north-eastern Argentina (Misiones).
 
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Call is a very high, chipping 'tjew tjew -'. Song is a slow, short series of about 5 descending, fluted notes.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (22)...)

 
White-shouldered Fire-eye (Pyriglena leucoptera) [XC473787]
     by from Pico da Caled\u00f4nia, Nova Friburgo, RJ, Brazil (song)

 
White-shouldered Fire-eye (Pyriglena leucoptera) [XC308467]
     by Jeremy Minns from Praia Grande, Praia Grande, Santa Catarina, Brazil (alarm call)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with White-backed Fire-eye (Pyriglena leuconota) and Fringe-backed Fire-eye (Pyriglena atra), and sometimes treated as conspecific with either or both.

No subspecies.


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for White-shouldered Fire-eye (Pyriglena leucoptera) - 10 files


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