Rufous-breasted Leafscraper

18 cm. Upperparts dark brown with chestnut rump. Throat white, the feathers tipped brown giving a scaled appearance. Breast chestnut-brown. Abdomen slightly duller dark brown. Tail blackish. <NThe juvenile plumage is darker. Song a loud trill "chi chi chi chi chi chi chi chi chi chi che che", about 4 seconds long. Calls of similar but shorter sequences. Solitary and terrestrial in dense forest. Hops around in leaf litter and throws leaves around probing into humid soil. Only rarely flies to a low branch or the base of a tree when alarmed Vaurie . The nest is at the end of a burrow in an earth bank ^54 . Relatively regularly observed on the ground or close to the ground of denser humid secondary and primary rainforest. Throughout, such as in the<8E>Serra dos Org<C4>os, the Serra do Mar Serra Bocaina, Boraceia ^44 , Serra da Cantareira . South of S<C4>o Paulo near<8E>PE Jacupiranga, Fazenda Intervales<8E>. Pinto reports of specimens collected in S<C4>o Paulo state at<8E>Iguape, Ubatuba, Ypiranga, Ilha S<C4>o Sebasti<C4>o, Serra da Cantareira<8E> and also further inland, e. g., at<8E>Franca ^40 . Up to 1500 meters. The species of the genus Sclerurus are almost completely terrestrial with the habit of turning around dead leaves vigorously. Thus, the English name leaf tosser is more appropriate ^55 . 4710 Song. Cornell Cat 19833. Canela, Morro Pelado, Rio Grande do Sul, 12<10>23<10>76. With /Cyclarhis guianensis . Recording by W. Belton.: 1910 Calls near nest. Serra Cantareira, S<C4>o Paulo. 10<10>28<10>00. Cloudy, some rain, 20<91>C. Secondary forest. With /Turdus rufiventris, Vireo olivaceus, Schiffornis virescens, Pyriglena leucoptera .: 1822 >: