Firewood-gatherer

7.5 Forecrown chestnut otherwise pale ochraceous-buff brown above with heavy dark streaks on the remainder of the crown and back. Lores whitish and superciliary buff. Cheeks tawny. Wing feathers dark brown with buff margins, the rims of the primaries chestnut. Below pale ochraceous. Throat white, bordered by a necklace of black spots that are sometimes difficult to see. Abdomen pinkish buff. Tail blackish brown with spiny, buffy white tips, clearly visible when flying. <NJuvenile plumage has no chestnut on crown, darker more ochraceous underparts and an indistinct necklace. Song sequences of "tik tik tirrrr-tik tik tirrrr" or "tik tik tik tirrrrrr" intermixed with a higher "ti tititititititititi", often in a duet. On or near the ground, running around usually within vegetation. Sometimes singing from top of small tree, etc. The large nests placed in a fork of a small tree and consist of large and frequently thorny sticks having a side entrance that reaches the nest cavity from above. Uncommon in open savannah country, pastures, open woodland. Was found nesting in 1953 near Campo Belo, Rio de Janeiro, in the Paraiba valley ^53 . Seems to invade the coastal areas as a consequence of forest destruction 1992 Ubatuba . Throughout, to about 1000 meters. 9892 Song. Serra da Canastra, 11<10>11<10>98. Cloudy, 25<91>C. 0pen pastures. With /Elaenia chiriquensis, Thamnophilus ruficapillus .: 4411 Song, Cornell Cat 19203, 60 km northeast of Urugaiana, Arroio Quarai-chico, Rio Grande do Sul, 11<10>73. Clear. Recording by William Belton. Do not confuse this vocalization with the call of /Hemitriccus margariteiventer which can occur in the same biotop.: 10400 >: