White-backed fire-eye

White-backed fire-eye
male P. l. castanoptera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thamnophilidae
Genus: Pyriglena
Species: P. leuconota
Binomial name
Pyriglena leuconota
(Spix, 1824)
Synonyms

Pyriglena castanoptera Chubb, 1916
Pyriglena pacifica Chapman, 1923

The white-backed fire-eye (Pyriglena leuconota) is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

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