Avibase: Pyriglena maura (Western Fire-eye)

Western Fire-eye

Pyriglena maura (Ménétries, É 1835)

The western fire-eye is an insectivorous bird in the antbird family Thamnophilidae. It is found in Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, Bolivia, and Brazil. Source: Wikipedia

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Classification

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Thamnophilidae
Genus:
   Pyriglena
Scientific:
  Pyriglena maura

Original description

Citation:
(Ménétries, É 1835)

Reference:
Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg 1, no.2 p.506, pl. 7, fig. a

Protonym:
Formicivora maura

Type locality:
Minas Gerais; error, Mato Grosso substituted as type locality by Hellmayr, 1924, p. 228.

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
2438D7896292E971

Avibase ID:
avibase-2438D789

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/2438D789

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 918302

Geographic range:

Pyriglena maura: western Ecuador and far northwestern Peru (Tumbes), eastern Andean slope of southern Colombia to eastern Bolivia, south-central Brazil (Mato Grosso), and northern Paraguay
Pyriglena maura maura: eastern Bolivia to south-central Brazil (Mato Grosso) and northern Paraguay
Pyriglena maura marcapatensis: southeastern Peru (Madre de Dios, Cusco, and Puno)
Pyriglena maura hellmayri: west-central Bolivia (Beni, La Paz, Cochabamba, and western Santa Cruz)
Pyriglena maura pacifica: western Ecuador and far northwestern Peru (Tumbes)
Pyriglena maura picea: eastern Andean slope of Peru (southern Amazonas to Junín and Ayacucho)
Pyriglena maura castanoptera: eastern Andean slope of southern Colombia to eastern Ecuador and northern Peru
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Source: Clements checklist

English:
Western Fire-eye
Bulgarian:
Западна червеноока мраволовка
Catalan:
ull de foc occidental
Danish:
Mato Grosso-ildøje
German:
Glutaugen-Ameisenvogel
Esperanto:
fajrokula formikulo
Spanish:
Ojodefuego Occidental
Spanish (Spain):
Ojodefuego occidental
French:
Alapi de Ménétries
Dutch:
Westelijke Vuuroog
Norwegian:
vestgloøye
Polish:
węglarz czarnogłowy
Portuguese:
papa-taoca-do-pantanal
Portuguese (Brazil):
papa-taoca-do-pantanal
Portuguese (Portugal):
olho-de-fogo-ocidental
Russian:
Западная огнеглазка
Slovak:
ohňoočko ebenové
Serbian:
Zapadna vatrooka mravarka
Swedish:
västligt eldöga
Turkish:
Batılı Alevli Karıncakuşu
Ukrainian:
вогнеок чорноголовий
Chinese:
西白背红眼蚁鸟

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Western Fire-eye ( Pyriglena maura) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Western Fire-eye ( Pyriglena maura) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Western Fire-eye ( Pyriglena maura) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Western Fire-eye ( Pyriglena maura) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Western Fire-eye ( Pyriglena maura) [version 1]
Avilist 2025: Western Fire-eye ( Pyriglena maura) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021: Western Fire-eye ( Pyriglena maura) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022: Western Fire-eye ( Pyriglena maura) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023: Western Fire-eye ( Pyriglena maura) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024: Western Fire-eye ( Pyriglena maura) [version 1]
Clements, version 2025: Western Fire-eye ( Pyriglena maura) [version 1]
eBird version 2021: Western Fire-eye ( Pyriglena maura) [version 1]
eBird version 2022: Western Fire-eye ( Pyriglena maura) [version 1]
eBird version 2023: Western Fire-eye ( Pyriglena maura) [version 1]
eBird version 2024: Western Fire-eye ( Pyriglena maura) [version 1]
eBird version 2025: Western Fire-eye ( Pyriglena maura) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Western Fire-eye ( Pyriglena maura) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Western Fire-eye ( Pyriglena maura) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Western Fire-eye ( Pyriglena maura) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Western Fire-eye ( Pyriglena maura) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Western Fire-eye ( Pyriglena maura) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Western Fire-eye ( Pyriglena maura) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Western Fire-eye ( Pyriglena maura) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Western Fire-eye ( Pyriglena maura) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Western Fire-eye ( Pyriglena maura) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2: Western Fire-eye ( Pyriglena maura) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020): Western Fire-eye ( Pyriglena maura) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (8/06/2020): Western Fire-eye ( Pyriglena maura) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (24/08/2021): Western Fire-eye ( Pyriglena maura) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (24/07/2022): Western Fire-eye ( Pyriglena maura) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (28/09/2023): Western Fire-eye ( Pyriglena maura) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (27/07/2024): Western Fire-eye ( Pyriglena maura) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (31/07/2025): Western Fire-eye ( Pyriglena maura) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Pyriglena [leuconota, maura or similis] (sensu lato) by some authors

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