Pale-faced bare-eye

Pale-faced bare-eye
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Thamnophilidae
Genus:Phlegopsis
Species: P. borbae
Binomial name
Phlegopsis borbae
(Hellmayr, 1907)
Synonyms

Skutchia borbae Hellmayr, 1907

The pale-faced bare-eye (Phlegopsis borbae), sometimes known as the pale-faced antbird, is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It has often been placed in the monotypic genus Skutchia, but based on genetic evidence this genus is now merged with Phlegopsis,[2] and this treatment was adopted by the SACC in 2010.[3] It is endemic to humid forest in the south-central Amazon in Brazil. It is an obligate ant-follower only rarely seen away from ant swarms.[2]

References

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Phlegopsis borbae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. 1 2 Aleixo, Alexandre; Burlamaqui, Tibério C. T.; Schneider, M. Paula C.; Gonçalves, Evonnildo C. (2009). "Molecular systematics and plumage evolution in the monotypic obligate army-ant-following genus Skutchia (Thamnophilidae)". Condor. 111 (2): 382–387. doi:10.1525/cond.2009.080097.
  3. ↑ Brumfield, R. T. (2010). "Proposal 432: Merge Skutchia borbae into Phlegopsis (Thamnophilidae)". South American Classification Committee. Retrieved September 28, 2010.

Further reading

Willis, Edwin O. (1968). "Taxonomy and behavior of pale-faced Antbirds" (PDF). Auk. 85: 253–264.

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