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The Tapajos fire-eye is 16 to 18 cm (6.3 to 7.1 in) long. Both sexes have bright red irises. Males are mostly glossy black with a partially hidden white patch between their scapulars and blackish gray underwing coverts. Females are mostly rufous-brown with a brown-tinged black head and a partially hidden white interscapular patch. Voice: The song of male Tapajos fire-eyes is "a medium-length (e.g. 2 seconds) series of evenly paced short whistles that usually rise and fall slightly in pitch, sometimes also in intensity". Females sing a higher pitched and longer version and typically start during the male's song.
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When to see the Tapajos Fire-eye
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is August, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Tapajos Fire-eye
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Tapajos Fire-eye
The Tapajos fire-eye is an insectivorous bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is endemic to Brazil.
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Easily confused with
Fringe-backed Fire-eyePyriglena atraThe fringe-backed fire-eye is 16 to 18 cm (6.3 to 7.1 in) long; one individual weighed 32 g (1.1 oz).
Western Fire-eyePyriglena mauraThe western fire-eye is 16 to 18 cm (6.3 to 7.1 in) long and weighs 26 to 36 g (0.92 to 1.3 oz); the subspecies' weights apparently vary.
East Amazonian Fire-eyePyriglena leuconotaThe Tapajos fire-eye is 16 to 18 cm (6.3 to 7.1 in) long and weighs 26 to 36 g (0.92 to 1.3 oz); the subspecies' weights apparently vary.
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