About the Pale-faced Bare-eye
The pale-faced bare-eye, sometimes known as the pale-faced antbird, is a species of bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is endemic to Brazil.
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The pale-faced bare-eye is 16.5 to 17.5 cm (6.5 to 6.9 in) long and weighs about 50 g (1.8 oz). The sexes are alike. Adults have long white feathers on their forehead and lores, stiff black feathers above their eye, and a patch of bare whitish skin behind it. Their crown is dark rufous. Their upperparts are dark olive-brown with a scattering of black bars on the back. Their wings are chestnut and their tail blackish brown with a browner base. Their throat and breast are cinnamon-rufous with a band of black and white bars below them. The rest of their underparts are dull brown. Voice: The pale-faced bare-eye's song is "2-3 very high, long, slightly descending notes, the last one esp. rather mournful". Its calls include a "loud 'psit', a descending 'chirr' diminishing in intensity, and a series of deep short notes delivered rapidly and usually descending in pitch".
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Where it lives
When to see it
Peak activity in August · a winter visitor species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Reddish-winged Bare-eyePhlegopsis erythropteraThe reddish-winged bare-eye is 17 to 18.5 cm (6.7 to 7.3 in) long and weighs 50 to 58 g (1.8 to 2.0 oz).
Black-spotted Bare-eyePhlegopsis nigromaculataThe black-spotted bare-eye is 16.5 to 18.5 cm (6.5 to 7.3 in) long and weighs 42 to 51 g (1.5 to 1.8 oz).
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