Black-spotted bare-eye

The black-spotted bare-eye (Phlegopsis nigromaculata) is a species of insectivorius passerine bird in the antbird family, Thamnophilidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.[1]
The black-spotted bare-eye was described by the French naturalists Alcide d'Orbigny and Frédéric de Lafresnaye in 1837 and given the binomial nameMyothera nigro-maculata.[2] The specific epithet combines the Latin words niger for "black" and maculatus for "spotted".[3]
There are four subspecies:[4]
* P. n. nigromaculata (d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837) – southeast Colombia, east Ecuador, east Peru, north Bolivia and southwest Amazonian Brazil
* P. n. bowmani Ridgway, 1888 – south central Amazonian Brazil and central Bolivia
* P. n. confinis Zimmer, JT, 1932 – east central Amazonian Brazil
* P. n. paraensis Hellmayr, 1904 – northeast Brazil south of the Amazon
The black-spotted bare-eye is 16.5–17.5 cm (6.5–6.9 in) in length and weighs 42–51 g (1.5–1.8 oz). The sexes are alike.[5]
This species is a specialist ant-follower that relies upon swarms of army ants to flush insects and other arthropods out of the leaf litter.[6]
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