Western Fire-eye

The western fire-eye (Pyriglena maura) is an insectivorous bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, and Peru. == Taxonomy and systematics == The western fire-eye's taxonomy is unsettled. The International Ornithological Congress, the Clements taxonomy, and the South American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society assign it these six subspecies: P. m. pacifica Chapman, 1923 P. m. castanoptera Chubb, C, 1916 P. m. picea Cabanis, 1847 P. m. marcapatensis Stolzmann & Domaniewski, 1918 P. m. hellmayri Stolzmann & Domaniewski, 1918 P. m. maura (Ménétries, 1835) However, BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) treats these taxa as six of ten subspecies of what it calls the white-backed fire-eye (Pyriglena leuconata). Starting in 2020 the other three systems split the white-backed into the western, East Amazonian, and Tapajos fire-eyes. The East Amazonian retains the binomial P. leuconata and has three of the former ten subspecies, and the Tapajos (P. similis) is last one. This article follows the six-subspecies model. == Description == The 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)…