Fire-eyes
Pyriglena
The fire-eyes, Pyriglena, are a genus of birds in the antbird family Thamnophilidae.The genus contains three species, all found in South America. The fire-eyes are 16–18 cm in length, weigh 25-36 g and have characteristic red eyes that give them their name. They have sexually dimorphic plumage, with the females possessing brown to buff coloured bodies with black tails, and the males being black with small patches of white on the back or wings. The fire-eyes eat...
5 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 5 known species
White-shouldered Fire-eye
speciesPyriglena leucoptera
Western Fire-eye
speciesPyriglena maura
East Amazonian Fire-eye
speciesPyriglena leuconota
Fringe-backed Fire-eye
speciesPyriglena atra
Tapajos Fire-eye
speciesPyriglena similis
Where it lives
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 15950.