Ferruginous Antbird

13 cm. Male has the crown and sides of head blackish and a white superciliary stripe. Back dark brown with black spots and a white dorsal patch frequently not visible . Chestnut rump. Wings black with two white bars. Below bright orange ferruginous-brown. Tail long and black with white tips. <NFemale is duller. Crown streaked olive-gray. Tail grayer The common call or song is a repeated "di-tui". Calls a high descending "zieh zieh": a high rattle "zkzkzkzkzkzkzk" and a downward "ziu ziu". Forages within 10 feet from the ground in scrub and forest borders. Not usually in mixed flocks. Common in dense humid scrub and understory of primary and secondary forest. Prefers forest borders and bamboo thickets. Throughout. Common at the coast. Sea level to 1200 meters at<8E>Itatiaia<8E>. The common southeast Brazilian lowland /Drymophila , closely related to /Drymophila rubricollis which occurs at higher elevations and reaches more southerly latitudes. 5884 Song <10> call, Parati, 03<10>11<10>94. Rainy, 21<91>C. With /Brotogeris tirica .: 2182 Call. Fazenda Intervales, 11<10>30<10>97. Sunny, 27<91>C. Secondary forest.: 8408 Call. Fazenda Intervales, 11<10>30<10>97. Sunny, 27<91>C. Primary forest. With /Pyriglena leucoptera, Attila phoenicurus, Saltator similis, Trogon viridis, Saltator grossus .: 12831 Calls. Rio Escuro, near Ubatuba, 10<10>13<10>99. Sunny, 27<91>C. Forest. With /Automolus leucophthalmus, Hemitriccus furcatus, Vireo olivaceus, Picumnus cirratus .: 5339 Calls. Picinguaba, east of Ubatuba, 10<10>15<10>99. Sunny, 27<91>C. Forest. With /Hypoedaleus guttatus .: 9359 Call. Picinguaba, east of Ubatuba, 10<10>15<10>99. Sunny, 27<91>C. Secondary brush. With /Capsiempis flaveolus .: 11599 >: