Reddish-winged bare-eye

Phlegopsis erythroptera

The reddish-winged bare-eye is a species of insectivorous passerine bird in the antbird family, Thamnophilidae.
It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Reddish-winged Bare-eye (Phlegopsis erythroptera) I found this Reddish-winged Bare-eye (Phlegopsis erythroptera) at dawn at the beginning of the trail at Reserva Natural Palmari, Brazil. Brazil,Geotagged,Phlegopsis erythroptera,Reddish-winged bare-eye

Naming

The reddish-winged bare-eye was described by the English bird artist and ornithologist John Gould in 1855 and given the binomial name "Formicarius erythroptera".

Behavior

This species is a specialist ant-follower that relies upon swarms of army ants to flush insects and other arthropods out of the leaf litter.

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Status: Least concern
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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionChordata
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyThamnophilidae
GenusPhlegopsis
SpeciesP. erythroptera
Photographed in
Brazil