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title: "Fire-eyed Diucon"
description: "Pyrope pyrope — Birds. The fire-eyed diucon (Pyrope pyrope) is a passerine bird of South America belonging to the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/fire-eyed-diucon
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Fire-eyed Diucon

> Pyrope pyrope — Birds. The fire-eyed diucon (Pyrope pyrope) is a passerine bird of South America belonging to the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae.

- Scientific name: *Pyrope pyrope*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 3599
- Wikidata: [Q1268516](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1268516)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1289529](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1289529)

## Names

- en: Fire-eyed Diucon
- de: Feueraugentyrann
- es: Diucón
- fr: Pépoaza œil-de-feu
- it: Xolmis pyrope
- nl: Vuuroogmonjita
- pt: Xolmis pyrope
- pl: Mniszek ognistooki

## Countries with the most observations

CL (2387), AR (1028)

## Summary

The fire-eyed diucon (Pyrope pyrope) is a passerine bird of South America belonging to the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae. It is found in Argentina and Chile and as a vagrant to the Falkland Islands.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire-eyed_diucon

## Photo

![Fire-eyed Diucon](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/fire-eyed-diucon/medium.jpg)

Photo: Federico Muñoz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/197178243

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/fire-eyed-diucon?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).