The white-shouldered fire-eye (Pyriglena leucoptera) is a species of bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds".

[2] The white-shouldered fire-eye was described by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1818 and given the binomial name Turdus leucopterus.

Females have yellowish brown to chestnut crown, upperparts, and wings with no interscapular patch.

It favors areas with dense thickets, vine tangles, and large stands of bamboo.

[6] The white-shouldered fire-eye feeds on insects (e.g. cockroaches, beetles, and ants), other arthropods such as spiders, and small vertebrates such as geckos.

It had a short upward facing tunnel entrance and contained two eggs which were white with rufous and chestnut markings.

The male white-shouldered fire-eye's song is a "slow, short series of about 5 descending, fluted notes".

[6] One call is a "very high, chipping 'tjew tjew -' "[7]; others are a "low-pitched 'chup' ", a "higher and longer 'cheep' ", and a "musical bubbling rattle"[6].

"[S]ome populations may be endangered at local level as a result of rapid clearance of forest for agriculture.