Gray-hooded Flycatcher

13 cm. Head, neck and throat slaty gray. Above olive-green the wings more brownish. Below ochraceous-orange. Tail brownish-black. Song is a low pitched nasal "tje tjetetetetetete" which accelerates at the end. According to Fitzpatrick ^74 is an upward-hover gleaner and fruit eater, especially of the fruits of the Melastomataceae. Forages usually 1-3 meters above the ground in dense rain forest. Nest is a closed pocket with a side entrance attached to ferns or roots, always above water ^82, ^83 . A common tyrant flycatcher of the lower stratum of humid primary and secondary rain forest. Throughout the area. More common close to the coast than further inland. Up to 1200 meters Serra Mantiqueira . 8577 Song. Boraceia, near Mogi das Cruzes, 11<10>13<10>93. Sunny, 30<91>C. Secondary forest.: 879 Song. Iguape, 11<10>4<10>95. Cloudy, 25<91>C. Secondary<10>primary forest.: 13403 Song. Iguape, 11<10>7<10>95. Rainy, clouds, 20<91>C. Secondary<10>primary forest.: 5158 Calls. Jureia-Peruibe, 10<10>12<10>99. Cloudy, 22<91>C. Primary forest.: 2722 >: