Reddish-winged Bare-eye

Phlegopsis erythroptera

Least Concern

The Reddish-winged Bare-eye is a bare-eye of humid forests in Brazil, Ecuador, and Colombia. It regularly attends army-ant swarms, seizing insects and other small creatures that flee the advancing ants. Fun fact: It is a specialist ant-follower, depending on roving army-ant swarms to flush the prey it eats.

Family

Thamnophilidae

Group

Typical Antbirds

Range

Reddish-winged Bare-eye Range — Humid forests of Brazil, Ecuador, and Colombia

Population

≈ Not quantified

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