Fire-eyed Diucon Xolmis pyrope

Chilean name: Diucón
Fire-eyed Diucon, Torres del Paine, Chile, December 2005 - click for larger image Torres del Paine, Chile
December 2005

The Fire-eyed Diucon is distributed in central and southern Chile and adjacent areas of south-west Argentina. It is found in woodland, forest edge and farmland and is normally seen perching on bushes or fences.

Fire-eyed Diucon, Torres del Paine, Chile, December 2005 - click for larger image The most noticeable feature is its bright red eye but note also the flattish head and the puffed out white throat.

It is a member of the tyrant-flycatcher family and belongs to the same genus as the monjitas of Brazil.
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