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WHITE-SHOULDERED FIRE-EYE Pyriglena leucoptera ATLANTIC FOREST
Lurking unseen in the densest tangles of the humid forest undergrowth, pairs of White-shouldered Fire-eyes go about their daily business. They are particularly fond of impenetrable Chusquea bamboo, where they can descend to the ground safe in the knowledge that large predators (and birdwatchers) cannot follow. Fire-eyes are most often seen when they attend ant swarms, not preying on the ants themselves, but snatching the insects that the roving hordes stir up in their wake.
FIGURE 1 - Adult male, Hotel Tirol, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith June).
FIGURE 2 - Same individual upperwing (Paul Smith June).
FIGURE 3 - Adult female, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith February).
FIGURE 4 - Adult female upperwing, Hotel Tirol, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith June).
VIDEO - Adult female, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith June 2007).
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contact call recorded PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith March 2007).
song recorded PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith March 2007).
