Pale-faced Bare-eye

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

Skutchia borbae Hellmayr, 1907

The Pale-faced Bare-eye (Phlegopsis borbae), sometimes known as the Pale-faced Antbird, is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family. It has often been placed in the monotypic genus Skutchia, but based on genetic evidence this genus should be merged with Phlegopsis,[2] and this treatment was adopted by the SACC in 2010.[3] It is endemic to humid forest in the south-central Amazon in Brazil. It is an obligate ant-follower only rarely seen away from ant swarms.

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2009). "Skutchia borbae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 3.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/145696. Retrieved October 30, 2011. 
  2. ^ Alexandre Aleixo, Tibério C. T. Burlamaqui, M. Paula C. Schneider & Evonnildo C. Gonçalves (2009). "Molecular systematics and plumage evolution in the monotypic obligate army-ant-following genus Skutchia (Thamnophilidae)". The Condor 111 (2): 382–387. doi:10.1525/cond.2009.080097. 
  3. ^ R. T. Brumfield (2010). "Merge Skutchia borbae into Phlegopsis (Thamnophilidae)". South American Classification Committee. http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCprop432.html. Retrieved September 28, 2010.