Tapajos Fire-eye
Pyriglena similisZimmer, JT, 1931
English (US) Tapajos Fire-eye
The Tapajos Fire-eye (Pyriglena similis) 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: south-central Amazonian Brazil (Rio Tapajós to Rio Xingú)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Pyriglena similis
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- Tapajos Fire-eye
- Described by
- Zimmer, JT, 1931
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Pyriglena leucoptera similis
- Described by
- Zimmer, JT, 1931
- Type locality
- Caxiricatuba, right bank of the Rio Tapajoz, Brazil.
- Original description
- American Museum Novitates no.509 p.11
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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