Chicli Spinetail

6.3 Crown rufous. Back olive-brown. Black throat patch. Below gray becoming olivaceous on the lower flanks and paler in the center of the abdomen. Tail long, consisting of olivaceous-brown acuminate feathers. <NImmature plumage has no rufous, but a dark brown crown. Below chiefly ochraceous brown with no black gular patch. "wit di-di-di....... wit di-di-di..." the three last sounds a little bit higher pitched than the "wit" sound. Repeated many times. Can also be heard on ^113. Climbing around in bushes and undergrowth, hard to see, if not singing. Builds a stick nest with long side entrance in a tree ^30 . Common in scrubby borders of woodland and of grassland thickets. ^44 . Throughout, sea level to about 2000 meters. 3729 Song. Serra Bocaina, near S. Jose do Barreiro, 11<10>3<10>93. Sunny, 25<91>C. Secondary forest, scrub. With /Grallaria varia, Attila rufus, Pachyramphus polychopterus, Todirostrum plumbeiceps .: 14781 Calls, Ubatuba, Nucleo Sta. Virginia, top of the escarpment, 11<10>01<10>98. Cloudy, 22<91>C. With /Crypturellus obsoletus, Pyriglena leucoptera, Vireo olivaceus .: 8419 Song. Cornell Cat 22085. Itatiaia National Park, Rio de Janeiro, 10<10>29<10>80. With /Piaya cayana, Cyclarhis gujanensis . Recording by T. A. Parker, III.: 5727 Song, call, Serra Bocaina, 11<10>3<10>93. Sunny, 25<91>C. Scrub. With /Todirostrum plumbeiceps : 13099 >: