Birds of Colombia

    PASSERIFORMES: Thamnophilidae (Antbirds)  
Genus: Phlegopsis (2 species, 3 worldwide)


Reddish-winged Bare-eye
Reddish-winged Bare-eye (Phlegopsis erythroptera erythroptera)
Manaus, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Joe Tobias   © All Rights Reserved.

A large antbird similar to the Black-spotted Bare-eye but blacker and red mostly in primary feathers in wings, and tips of some others.

Black-spotted Bare-eye
Black-spotted Bare-eye (Phlegopsis nigromaculata nigromaculata)
Puerto NariƱo, Amazonas, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

A large antbird that is not always on the ground.


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