Black-spotted bare-eye

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]

Black-spotted bare-eye
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thamnophilidae
Genus: Phlegopsis
Species:
P. nigromaculata
Binomial name
Phlegopsis nigromaculata
Synonyms
  • Phlegopsis paraensis

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]

  • Phlegopsis nigromaculata nigromaculata (d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837) – southeast Colombia, east Ecuador, east Peru, north Bolivia and southwest Amazonian Brazil
  • Phlegopsis nigromaculata bowmani Ridgway, 1888 – south central Amazonian Brazil and central Bolivia
  • Phlegopsis nigromaculata confinis Zimmer, JT, 1932 – east central Amazonian Brazil
  • Phlegopsis nigromaculata paraensis Hellmayr, 1904 – northeast Brazil south of the Amazon

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]

References
  1. 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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