Pale-faced Antbird

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Pale-faced Antbird
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thamnophilidae
Genus: Skutchia
Species: S. borbae
Binomial name
Skutchia borbae
(Hellmayr, 1907)
Synonyms

Phlegopsis borbae (Hellmayr, 1907)

The Pale-faced Antbird (Skutchia borbae), sometimes known as the Pale-faced Bare-eye (misleading, as it lacks the bare eye-ring of Phlegopsis), is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Skutchia. It is endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

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