Typical Antbirds (Thamnophilidae)

Pale-faced Antbird (Skutchia borbae) - HBW 8, p. 679

French: Fourmilier à face pâle German: Weißstirn-Ameisenvogel Spanish: Hormiguero de Skutch
Other common names: Pale-faced Bare-eye

Taxonomy: Phlegopsis borbæ Hellmayr, 1907, Borba, Amazonas, Brazil.
May prove to be a member of an obligate ant-following clade. Formerly placed in genus Phlegopsis, but absence of latter’s large patch of bare red skin around eye and very different male plumage led to its removal to a new, monotypic genus. Monotypic.

Distribution: SC Amazonian Brazil from E bank of middle/lower R Madeira E to W bank of middle/lower R Tapajós, S to E bank of lower R Aripuaña.