Pyriglena Cabanis, 1847

Isler, Morton L., Bravo, Gustavo A. & Brumfield, Robb T., 2013, Taxonomic revision of Myrmeciza (Aves: Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae) into 12 genera based on phylogenetic, morphological, behavioral, and ecological data, Zootaxa 3717 (4), pp. 469-497 : 491

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3717.4.3
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scientific name	Pyriglena Cabanis, 1847
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Type species. Turdus leucopterus Vieillot, 1818

Included species. Pyriglena leuconota (Spix) . WHITE-BACKED FIRE-EYE.

Pyriglena leucoptera (Vieillot) . WHITE-SHOULDERED FIRE-EYE.

Pyriglena atra (Swainson) . FRINGE-BACKED FIRE-EYE.

Diagnosis. Distinguished from other genera in longipes clade by brilliant red eyes and by plumage and morphometrics. Males with large white interscapular patches; females with blackish tails. Distinguished from Myotherinus , Gymnopithys , Percnostola , and Inundicola by short bills and long tails and by bill length/total length and tail length/wing length ratios. Domed-shaped nest differs from nest of Myrmeciza .

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Aves
Order	Passeriformes
Family	Thamnophilidae

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