Pale-faced bare-eye

Pale-faced bare-eye
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
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 family Thamnophilidae. 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

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^ 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.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ R. T. Brumfield (2010). "Merge Skutchia borbae into Phlegopsis (Thamnophilidae)". South American Classification Committee. Retrieved September 28, 2010.

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[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.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[3] R. T. Brumfield (2010). "Merge Skutchia borbae into Phlegopsis (Thamnophilidae)". South American Classification Committee. Retrieved September 28, 2010.

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