Rufous-capped Spinetail

5.9 Crown light rust-brown with a yellow superciliary from behind eye separating the crown from the blackish grey ear-coverts. Olive-brown on the back and wings. White throat otherwise grayish below with buff flanks. Long tail rusty-brown. <NImmatures have a less distinct color pattern, the crown dull dark olive-brown and no black gular patch. Song "dododo deet", with emphasis on last tone which has a higher pitch than the first three. Warning call "tshrrr" see cuts 4 and 5 . Can also be heard on ^113. Inquisitive, but often hard to see in its undergrowth habitat. Often in pairs. Nests were attached to lianas and consisted of a breeding chamber with a long tube-like side entrance ^51 . Common in undergrowth of humid primary and secondary forests, frequently at the forest edge. Less common inland in dryer forests. Throughout, up to 1400 meters. Does not go to such high altitudes as /Synallaxis spixi ^44 . 13255 Call, Ubatuba, 10<10>28<10>93. Cloudy, 28<91>C. With /Vireo olivaceus .: 15212 Song. Serra Bocaina, near S. Jose do Barreiro, 11<10>3<10>93 Sunny, 25<91>C. Secondary forest, scrub. With/Cyclarhis gujanensis, Drymophila ferruginea, Saltator similis, Synallaxis spixi .: 10714 Call. Fazenda Intervales, 11<10>28<10>97. Sunny, 27<91>C. Secondary dry forest. With /Pyriglena leucoptera, Carpornis cucullatus, Turdus rufiventris .: 483 Calls. Fazenda Intervales, 11<10>30<10>97. Sunny, 27<91>C. Secondary forest and scrub.: 5691 Warning call. 10<10>16<10>99, Pereque, near Angra dos Reis. Sunny, 30<91>C. Open woodland. With /Turdus rufiventris .: 15868 Calls, Cornell Cat 19087. Tenente Portela, Turvo Forest Reserve, Rio Grande do Sul, 9<10>15<10>71. Clear. With /Hylopezus nattereri . Recording by William Belton.: 1755 >: