White-shouldered Fire-eye
Pyriglena leucoptera(Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
English (US) White-shouldered Fire-eye
The White-shouldered Fire-eye (Pyriglena leucoptera) 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: eastern Brazil (eastern Bahia) to eastern Paraguay and northeastern Argentina (Misiones)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Pyriglena leucoptera
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- White-shouldered Fire-eye
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Turdus leucopterus
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
- Type locality
- Brazil; types from near Rio de Janeiro, fide Hellmayr, 1924, p. 225
- Original description
- Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 20 p.272
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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