The reddish-winged bare-eye (Phlegopsis erythroptera ) is a species of insectivorous passerine bird in the antbird family, Thamnophilidae.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
The reddish-winged bare-eye was described by the English bird artist and ornithologist John Gould in 1855 and given the binomial name Formicarius erythroptera.
This species is a specialist ant-follower that relies upon swarms of army ants to flush insects and other arthropods out of the leaf litter.
