Black-spotted bare-eye

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Black-spotted bare-eye
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thamnophilidae
Genus: Phlegopsis
Species:
P. nigromaculata
Binomial name
Phlegopsis nigromaculata
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Synonyms
  • Phlegopsis paraensis

The black-spotted bare-eye (Phlegopsis nigromaculata) is a species of insectivore passerine bird in the antbird family Thamnophilidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. [1]

The black-spotted bare-eye was described by the French naturalists Alcide d'Orbigny and Frédéric de Lafresnaye in 1837 and given the binomial name Myothera nigro-maculata. [2] The specific epithet combines the Latin words niger for "black" and maculatus for "spotted". [3]

There are four subspecies: [4]

The black-spotted bare-eye is 16.5–17.5 cm (6.5–6.9 in) in length and weighs 42–51 g (1.5–1.8 oz). The sexes are alike. [5]

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. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 BirdLife International (2016). "Phlegopsis nigromaculata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22701945A93854954. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22701945A93854954.en . Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. d'Orbigny, Alcide; de Lafresnaye, Frédéric (1837). "Synopsis Avium". Magasin de Zoologie (in Latin). 7 (2): 1–88 [14].
  3. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p.  272. ISBN   978-1-4081-2501-4.
  4. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Antbirds". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  5. Zimmer, K.; Isler, M.L. (2018). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Black-spotted Bare-eye (Phlegopsis nigromaculata)" . Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. doi:10.2173/bow.bsbeye1.01. S2CID   216452835 . Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  6. Zimmer, K.; Isler, M.L. (2018) [2003]. del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Typical Antbirds (Thamnophilidae)" . Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. doi:10.2173/bow.thamno3.01. S2CID   216492154 . Retrieved 17 February 2018.

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