Tapajos Fire-eye

Tapajos Fire-eyeThe Tapajos Fire-eye lives in humid forest understory in Brazil’s Amazonian lowlands between the Tapajós and Xingu rivers. Males are black and females rufous brown; both have red eyes and a white back patch that is usually hidden.What does it look like?Males are black; females are rufous brown overall with a darker head. Both sexes have ruby-red eyes and a white back patch that is normally hidden but may show when the bird is excited, such as during territorial defense.How does it live?The Tapajos Fire-eye lives in humid forest understory in Brazil’s Amazonian lowlands between the Tapajós and Xingu rivers. Males are black and females rufous brown; both have red eyes and a white back patch that is usually hidden.It stays hidden in dense vegetation and thickets in humid lowland forest, and sometimes attends army-ant swarms.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.