Dec 26, 2025
Black-spotted Bare-eye (Phlegopsis nigromaculata), family Thamnophilidae, order Passeriformes, Brazil
photograph by Andres Vasquez Noboa
seen from United States
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seen from Norway
seen from Malaysia
seen from China
seen from Yemen
seen from Norway
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seen from Türkiye
seen from China
seen from Belarus
seen from Canada
seen from United States
seen from Türkiye
seen from Canada
seen from Australia
Black-spotted Bare-eye (Phlegopsis nigromaculata), family Thamnophilidae, order Passeriformes, Brazil
photograph by Andres Vasquez Noboa
Black-spotted Bare-eye Phlegopsis nigromaculata
It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. The black-spotted bare-eye is an obligate ant follower that feeds on a variety of arthropods that flee foraging army ant swarms. The black-spotted bare-eye's song is "a short series of moderately long, flat, rich whistles, each slightly lower in pitch and becoming harsher in quality"; the number of notes varies. It has been written as "zhweé, zhwu, zhwu" and "HEEEW heer heer".
image by Bradley Davis
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