White-backed Fire-eye Pyriglena leuconota

East Amazonian Fire-eye Pyriglena leuconota
(aka White-backed Fire-eye)
Brazilian name: Papa-taoca

Tamandaré, Pernambuco, Brazil
October 2008

The East Amazonian Fire-eye is distributed in Brazil south of the lower Amazon and in Pernambuco. See the distribution map at xeno-canto.

It is found in dense tangles of forest understorey where it can be difficult to see as it forages for a variety of insects, spiders, centipedes, etc., usually disturbed by army ant swarms.

The male is glossy black with a red eye and white interscapular patch. The female varies between sub-species but is generally brown with a dark to black head.

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