The East Amazonian fire-eye (''Pyriglena leuconota'') is an insectivorous bird in the
antbird family Thamnophilidae. It is found in
Brazil. Its natural
habitats are subtropical or tropical dry
forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical moist
montane forests.
Taxonomy
The East Amazonian fire-eye was
described and illustrated by the German naturalist
Johann Baptist von Spix
Johann Baptist Ritter von Spix (9 February 1781 – 13 March 1826) was a German natural history, biologist. From his expedition to Brazil, he brought to Germany a large variety of specimens of plants, insects, mammals, birds, amphibians and fish. ...
in 1824 and given the
binomial name
In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...
''Myothera leuconota''. The current genus ''
Pyriglena
The fire-eyes, ''Pyriglena'', are a genus of birds in the antbird family Thamnophilidae.The genus contains 5 species, all found in South America. The fire-eyes are 16–18 cm in length, weigh 25-36 g and have characteristic red eyes tha ...
'' was introduced by the German ornithologist
Jean Cabanis in 1847.
References
External links
Xeno-canto: audio recordings of the white-backed fire-eye
East Amazonian fire-eye
Birds of Brazil
East Amazonian fire-eye
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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