About Automolus leucophthalmus (Wied-Neuwied, 1821)
The white-eyed foliage-gleaner, with scientific name Automolus leucophthalmus (Wied-Neuwied, 1821), measures 18 to 20 cm (7.1 to 7.9 in) long and weighs 25 to 38 g (0.88 to 1.3 oz). It is a fairly large species within its genus and has a heavy bill. Males and females have identical plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a dark brownish face with faint reddish streaks on the ear coverts, grizzled reddish brown and buffy lores, and a white malar area. Their crown is dark reddish brown with narrow rufous streaks. Their back and rump are dark reddish brown, which blends into bright rufous uppertail coverts. Their wings are dark rufous with pale cinnamon at the bend. Their tail is bright rufous. Their throat and the sides of their neck are white, and their breast center is white, which transitions to bright buffy coloration on the belly. The sides of their breast and flanks are ochraceous tawny, and their undertail coverts are pale rufous. Their iris is whitish, their maxilla is brownish to black, their mandible is greenish gray to pale gray, and their legs and feet are grayish. Juveniles have a more uniformly colored crown and back than adults, with a slightly darker breast and belly, and darker brown sides and flanks. Subspecies A. l. sulphurascens has a paler back, rump, and tail than the nominate subspecies, with a less brownish belly and less reddish brown on the flanks. The nominate subspecies of the white-eyed foliage-gleaner has a limited range, and is found only in Bahia state in eastern Brazil. Subspecies A. l. sulphurascens is found in south-central and southeastern Brazil, ranging from Mato Grosso, Goiás, and Bahia south through Rio Grande do Sul, through eastern Paraguay, into the Misiones Province of northeastern Argentina. This species inhabits tropical evergreen forest and mature secondary forest. Its elevation range extends from near sea level to approximately 1,000 m (3,300 ft), though it can locally reach 1,400 m (4,600 ft). A. l. sulphurascens mostly occurs below 750 m (2,500 ft).
