Pyriglena leuconota
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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
The East Amazonian fire-eye (Pyriglena leuconota) is an insectivorous bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is endemic to Brazil. The East Amazonian fire-eye was described and illustrated by the German naturalist Johann Baptist von Spix in 1824 and given the binomial name Myothera leuconota. The current genus Pyriglena was introduced by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis in 1847.
The East Amazonian fire-eye's taxonomy remains unsettled. The International Ornithological Congress, the Clements taxonomy, and the South American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society treat it as a species with these three subspecies:
However, BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) treats the three taxa as subspecies of what it calls the white-backed fire-eye, with the binomial Pyriglena leuconota sensu lato. Starting in 2020 the other three systems split the white-backed into the East Amazonian, Tapajos, and western fire-eyes.
The Tapajos fire-eye is 16 to 18 cm... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amboró National Park | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 2 | Machalilla National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 3 | Chapada dos Guimarães National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report an East Amazonian Fire-eye sighting in Amboró National Park on a given day, based on 128 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 51st most-seen of the 273 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and October
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report an East Amazonian Fire-eye in Amboró National Park on a given day, against about 10% in August, the lowest month. June has too few records to rate.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most East Amazonian Fire-eye sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 4 parks where we can rate East Amazonian Fire-eye sightings, Amboró National Park has the highest daily chance: about 30%. Next come Machalilla National Park (Ecuador, about 10%) and Chapada dos Guimarães National Park (Brazil, under 5%).
Same family: Thamnophilidae
The closest relatives of the East Amazonian Fire-eye that you can see in Amboró National Park (family Thamnophilidae, Typical Antbirds) are Black-capped Antwren (about 50%), Plain Antvireo (about 40%) and Chestnut-backed Antshrike (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the East Amazonian Fire-eye is recorded against all the birds logged in Amboró National Park (128 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
