Pyriglena maura (White-backed Fire-eye)
Pyriglena maura (Spix, 1824)
17-18 cmMale entirely glossy black, with very red eyes, a large semi-concealed white dorsal patch and a long tail. The female of the subspecies pacifica is plain olive brown above, paler below, with a blackish tail and a dorsal patch less conspicuous than in the male. The female of the eastern…
