Fringe-backed Fire-eye
Pyriglena atra(Swainson, WJ, 1825)
English (US) Fringe-backed Fire-eye
The Fringe-backed Fire-eye (Pyriglena atra) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Thamnophilidae (Antbirds, Antshrikes, Antwrens, and Antvireos) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: lowlands of coastal eastern Brazil (southern Sergipe and coastal northeastern Bahia)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Pyriglena atra
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered
- English (US)
- Fringe-backed Fire-eye
- Described by
- (Swainson, WJ, 1825)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Drymophila atra
- Described by
- (Swainson, WJ, 1825)
- Type locality
- Pitangua, Bafa.
- Original description
- The Zoological Journal 2, no.6 p.153
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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