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White-shouldered Fire-eye

Pyriglena leucoptera
(Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
Batará Negro
Papa-taoca-do-sul

Family: Thamnophilidae
Order: Passeriformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia

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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Synonyms: Turdus leucopterus.


Description: Black with two very noticeable white stripes on the wings, a white scapular patch, and a very noticeable red iris. The female is more modest, with a brown back, a lighter ventral side, reaching whitish on the throat but still retaining the red iris.

Geographic Distribution within Argentina: Misiones.

Habitat: Forests.

Diet: Arthropods and invertebrates.

Breeding: Nest made of leaves, hemispherical, supported (not hanging or between branches).

Author of this description: Jorge La Grotteria

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Audio playerUserDateCountryProvincePlaceSexLife stageIt was observedDetails
Diego Oscar07/09/2015ArgentinaMisionesParque Provincial AraucariaAdultYesNo
 DownloadJorge La Grotteria07/09/2015ArgentinaMisionesParque Provincial AraucariaAdultYesNo



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
239798207/12/2025ArgentinaMisionesParque Provincial AraucariaDiego Oscar
220958127/09/2024ArgentinaMisionesParque Provincial Araucaria1Enrique Chiurla
217240127/09/2024ArgentinaMisionesParque Provincial Araucaria1Victor Hugo Michelini
120709623/02/2020ArgentinaMisionesParque Provincial AraucariaAndres Teran
86243126/12/2018ArgentinaMisionesParque Provincial AraucariaRicardo Juliano
44631116/06/2016ArgentinaMisionesParque y alrededores, Parque Provincial AraucariaEsteban Argerich
30517509/07/2015ArgentinaMisionesParque Provincial AraucariaWalter Liriel Gómez Umpierrez
30366609/07/2015ArgentinaMisionesParque Provincial AraucariaJorge La Grotteria
30361609/07/2015ArgentinaMisionesParque Provincial AraucariaDiego Oscar
30350209/07/2015ArgentinaMisionesParque Provincial AraucariaSantiago Juan Torres
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Bibliography related


Artículo De la Peña, M. R. 1999. Aves Argentinas, Lista y Distribución. 244 págs. LOLA. Buenos Aires.

Artículo Narosky, T. y D. Yzurieta. 2010. Aves de Argentina y Uruguay – Birds of Argentina & Uruguay: Guía de Identificación Edición Total – A Field Guide Total Edition. 16a ed. 427 págs. Vázquez Mazzini Editores. Buenos Aires. Argentina.

Artículo Narosky, T. Y M. Ruda Vega. 2009. Aves Argentinas, un vuelo por el mundo silvestre. 1a edición. Albatros. Buenos Aires.



Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. White-shouldered Fire-eye (Pyriglena leucoptera) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 16/03/2026.