Tapajos Fire-eye (Pyriglena similis)
About the Tapajos Fire-eye
The Tapajos fire-eye (Pyriglena similis) is an insectivorous bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is endemic to Brazil. The Tapajos fire-eye's taxonomy is unsettled. The International Ornithological Congress, the Clements taxonomy, and the South American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society treat it as a monotypic species. However, BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) treats it as a subspecies of what it calls the white-backed fire-eye (Pyriglena leuconata). Starting in 2020 the other three systems split the white-backed into the Tapajos, western, and East Amazonian fire-eyes.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 24 recordings for this species: 19 CC BY-NC-SA · 5 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Brazil in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Western Fire-eyePyriglena maurarecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.