Black-spotted bare-eye | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Thamnophilidae |
Genus: | Phlegopsis |
Species: | P. nigromaculata
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Binomial name | |
Phlegopsis nigromaculata (
d'Orbigny &
Lafresnaye, 1837)
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Synonyms | |
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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]
Black-spotted bare-eye | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Thamnophilidae |
Genus: | Phlegopsis |
Species: | P. nigromaculata
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Binomial name | |
Phlegopsis nigromaculata (
d'Orbigny &
Lafresnaye, 1837)
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Synonyms | |
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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]