Pyriglena Cabanis, 1847

Type species. Turdus leucopterus Vieillot, 1818

Included species. Pyriglena leuconota (Spix) . WHITE-BACKED FIRE-EYE.

Pyriglena leucoptera (Vieillot) . WHITE-SHOULDERED FIRE-EYE.

Pyriglena atra (Swainson) . FRINGE-BACKED FIRE-EYE.

Diagnosis. Distinguished from other genera in longipes clade by brilliant red eyes and by plumage and morphometrics. Males with large white interscapular patches; females with blackish tails. Distinguished from Myotherinus, Gymnopithys, Percnostola, and Inundicola by short bills and long tails and by bill length/total length and tail length/wing length ratios. Domed-shaped nest differs from nest of Myrmeciza .