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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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Records from Parque Provincial Urugua-í

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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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 604859
  Adult

Parque Provincial Urugua-í
Misiones
Argentina
08/13/2024
Lotfi Si Saber
Foto
Photography ID: 564083
  Adult

Parque Provincial Urugua-í
Misiones
Argentina
01/02/2024
Diego Carus
Foto
Photography ID: 516538
  Adult

Parque Provincial Urugua-í
Misiones
Argentina
07/22/2022
Andrés Cecconi
Foto
Photography ID: 349262
  Adult

Parque Provincial Urugua-í
Misiones
Argentina
09/01/2019
Gustavo Castaing
Foto
Photography ID: 318538
  Adult

Parque Provincial Urugua-í
Misiones
Argentina
02/06/2019
Iván Eroles
Foto
Photography ID: 295737
  Adult

Parque Provincial Urugua-í
Misiones
Argentina
07/27/2017
Javier Villamil
Foto
Photography ID: 243915
  Adult

Parque Provincial Urugua-í
Misiones
Argentina
01/09/2018
Marian Wigdorovitz
Foto
Photography ID: 72657
  Adult

Parque Provincial Urugua-í
Misiones
Argentina
03/02/2014
Ramiro Ramirez



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Last Vocalizations published



Audio playerUserDateCountryProvincePlaceSexLife stageIt was observedDetails
Diego Carus09/03/2024ArgentinaMisionesPP Urugua-í--Seccional UruzúParque Provincial Urugua-íIndistinguishableAdultNoNo
Diego Carus09/01/2024ArgentinaMisionesSeccional UruzúParque Provincial Urugua-íIndistinguishableAdultNoNo
Diego Oscar11/12/2022ArgentinaMisionesArroyo UruzúParque Provincial Urugua-í♂ ♀AdultYesNo
Jorge La Grotteria07/08/2019ArgentinaMisionesParque Provincial Urugua-íAdultYesNo
Hugo Caverzasi05/05/2019ArgentinaMisionesArroyo UruzúParque Provincial Urugua-íN/AN/ANoNo



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
236758810/09/2025ArgentinaMisionesParque Provincial Urugua-íAdrian Braidotti
233993111/08/2025ArgentinaMisionesSeccional Uruzú, Parque Provincial Urugua-íNicolas Olejnik
234977730/07/2025ArgentinaMisionesPP Urugua-í--Seccional Uruzú, Parque Provincial Urugua-í2Diego Oscar
217200012/10/2024ArgentinaMisionesParque Provincial Urugua-í2Pablo Bruni
217152912/10/2024ArgentinaMisionesParque Provincial Urugua-í2Faustino Hollmann
221023502/10/2024ArgentinaMisionesSeccional Uruzú, Parque Provincial Urugua-í2Enrique Chiurla
220629402/10/2024ArgentinaMisionesSeccional Uruzú, Parque Provincial Urugua-í2Victor Hugo Michelini
214763404/09/2024ArgentinaMisionesSeccional Uruzú, Parque Provincial Urugua-íDiego Carus
215689303/09/2024ArgentinaMisionesPP Urugua-í--Seccional Uruzú, Parque Provincial Urugua-íDiego Carus
215670901/09/2024ArgentinaMisionesSeccional Uruzú, Parque Provincial Urugua-íDiego Carus
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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 17/03/2026.