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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 Reserva Privada y Ecolodge Surucuá

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
Victor Hugo Michelini09/22/2018ArgentinaMisionesReserva Privada y Ecolodge SurucuáIndistinguishableAdultNoNo
María Del Carmen Fabeiro09/20/2018ArgentinaMisionesReserva Privada y Ecolodge SurucuáIndistinguishableAdultNoNo
Maria Victoria Di Stasio09/20/2018ArgentinaMisionesReserva Privada y Ecolodge SurucuáN/AAdultNoNo
Dolores Fernandez06/20/2018ArgentinaMisionesReserva Privada y Ecolodge SurucuáN/AN/ANoNo
Héctor Bernardo Fernández12/06/2014ArgentinaMisionesReserva Privada y Ecolodge Surucuá♂ ♀AdultNoNo



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
238144521/10/2025ArgentinaMisionesReserva Privada y Ecolodge Surucuá1Luis Cesar Tejo
238140119/10/2025ArgentinaMisionesReserva Privada y Ecolodge Surucuá1Luis Cesar Tejo
237090921/08/2025ArgentinaMisionesReserva Privada y Ecolodge Surucuá1Victor Hugo Michelini
236794620/08/2025ArgentinaMisionesReserva Privada y Ecolodge Surucuá2Victor Hugo Michelini
220023719/11/2024ArgentinaMisionesReserva Privada y Ecolodge Surucuá1Hugo Caverzasi
220028218/11/2024ArgentinaMisionesReserva Privada y Ecolodge Surucuá1Hugo Caverzasi
216334326/08/2024ArgentinaMisionesReserva Privada y Ecolodge SurucuáEduardo Nadal
176811114/05/2023ArgentinaMisionesReserva Privada y Ecolodge SurucuáDiego Oscar
176807013/05/2023ArgentinaMisionesReserva Privada y Ecolodge SurucuáDiego Oscar
164337606/09/2022ArgentinaMisionesReserva Privada y Ecolodge SurucuáFederico J. Villegas
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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.