Striated Softtail

18 cm. Above rufous brown, crown an back steaked buff, superciliary indistinctly whitish, wings rufous chestnut, tail cinnamon, chin patch orange rufous unstreaked, remainder of underparts brown, coarsely streaked whitish. A repetition of a "trr" note with a rattle on the end, "trr trr trrrrrrrrr". The rattle is also given sometimes alone. In pairs at middle levels of humid forest, sometimes accompanying mixed flocks. Nest ball-shaped with vertical entrance tube 10-25 meters above ground, breed September-October and December-January ^131 , ^132 . Uncommon to locally common in middle stratum of humid rain forest. To 1000 meters Ridgely and Tudor 18 list the occurrence of this species in northern Estado Rio de Janeiro without revealing locations. This species was found in 1987 in<8E>Desengano State Park 10 . For more information see ^171 5383 October16, 2005, Sooretama, ES. Primary rainforest. With /Thamnophilus ambiguus, Amazona rhodocorytha, Amazona farinosa .: 584 October 16, 2005, Sooretama, ES, primary rainforest.: 4786 >: