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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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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: 491386
  Adult

Campo Ramón
Misiones
Argentina
10/02/2018
Edith Polverini
Foto
Photography ID: 298698
  Fledgling

Parque Nacional Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
11/02/2018
Gabriel Moresco
Foto
Photography ID: 293738
  Adult

Campo Ramón
Misiones
Argentina
10/12/2018
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 293737
  Adult

Campo Ramón
Misiones
Argentina
10/12/2018
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 293736
  Adult

Campo Ramón
Misiones
Argentina
10/12/2018
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 285253
  Adult

Puerto Bemberg
Misiones
Argentina
08/23/2018
Santos Di Mauro
Foto
Photography ID: 285244
  Adult

Puerto Bemberg
Misiones
Argentina
08/23/2018
Claudia Mora
Foto
Photography ID: 284544
  Adult

Reserva Natural Osununú
Misiones
Argentina
08/26/2018
Dante Andres Rektor



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Last Vocalizations published



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
Elsa Longo07/07/2018ArgentinaMisionesBio Reserva KaradyaN/AAdultNoNo
Iván Eroles07/20/2018ArgentinaMisionesParque Nacional IguazúN/AN/ANoNo
Dolores Fernandez06/20/2018ArgentinaMisionesReserva Privada y Ecolodge SurucuáN/AN/ANoNo



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
86396526/12/2018ArgentinaMisionesParque Provincial Cruce CaballeroRicardo Juliano
86243126/12/2018ArgentinaMisionesParque Provincial AraucariaRicardo Juliano
158971601/12/2018ArgentinaMisionesSeccional Uruzú, Parque Provincial Urugua-íFranco Vushurovich
84317020/11/2018ArgentinaMisionesChacra Mariposa, Campo Ramón1Luis Cesar Tejo
84304405/11/2018ArgentinaMisionesReserva Privada y Ecolodge SurucuáGustavo Masuzzo
187308902/11/2018ArgentinaMisionesOberá, Oberá2Fabricio Candia
83872002/11/2018ArgentinaMisionesParque Nacional IguazúGabriel Moresco
82515920/10/2018ArgentinaMisionesParque Nacional IguazúPablo Capovilla
82348312/10/2018ArgentinaMisionesChacra Mariposa, Campo RamónPablo Eguia
157407502/10/2018ArgentinaMisionesChacra Mariposa, Campo RamónEdith Polverini
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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 11/04/2026.