Characterization: Small species measuring about 17cm in length. The male is shiny black, with red eyes and two white bars on its wings with hidden white dorsal area. The female is brown, with lighter bottoms and with the same hidden macula as the male's.

Distribution: From Bahia to Rio Grande do Sul, Uruguay, Argentina, and Paraguay.

Habitat: Understory of forests and secondary forests, both within (less frequent) and on the edges of such forests, and also in clearings with some vegetation.

Habits: A diurnal species, this bird lives in pairs or in small flocks, in branch tangles below 3m n height.

Diet: Carnivorous, feeding on insects it catches in low vegetation and on the ground.

Breeding: It lays 2 eggs in nests consisting of a large, closed ball (measuring about 10 centimeters in diameter) made of dried leaves and roots positioned on the ground with an upper side entrance.

In the UFRA area: The White-shouldered Fire-eye is a rare species in the studied farms, as it was seen only once in all the surveys done. Its spatial distribution was restricted to mixed forests in regeneration.