About the Reddish-winged Bare-eye
The reddish-winged bare-eye is a species of insectivorous passerine bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is native to the Amazon rainforest.
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The 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). Both sexes have a large ring of bare red skin around the eye. Adult males of the nominate subspecies are mostly black. They have white edges on the feathers of their upperparts and lesser wing coverts. Their median and greater wing coverts have wide rufous tips and their flight feathers have rufous bases. The tips of their uppertail coverts are dark reddish brown. Adult females have a very dark reddish brown crown, upperparts, and wing coverts with white tips on the coverts. Voice: The reddish-winged bare-eye's song is a "series of 4-7 descending, well-separated, shrill notes". It has been written as "rrr RHEEEW-rheeew rheeew rhew rhhw". Its calls include an "abrupt 'chip' " and a short "sharply downslurred 'chirr' ".
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What the Reddish-winged Bare-eye sounds like
Where it lives
Recorded as a rare visitor in Bolivia.
When to see it
Peak activity in August · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
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