Rufous-tailed Attila

18 cm. Head dark slate-gray. Otherwise rusty-brown above including the tail. Wings dusky-brown. Below rusty yellow, washed rufous on the breast. The call of this Attila is typical of the Atlantic Forest region. The common far carrying call is a loud "whi-WHIwhiwhi" with emphasis on the second syllable. Also a soft " piiuuu....piiuu..." cut 6 . Forages in the middle stratum and interior of canopy of large trees. According to Fitzpatrick an outward-hover gleaner. It also regularly eats fruit. Regularly encountered and in some places common PE Jacupiranga, Itatiaia in the canopy of humid primary and mature secondary forest. In contrast to Ridgely ^44 this species does not seem to be associated particularly with Araucaria forest. Throughout. The<8E>Serra dos Org<C4>os, Serra Mantiqueira, the whole Serra do Mar, Fazenda Intervales<8E>to<8E>PE Jacupiranga<8E>in the South. Not below 400 meters, to about 1900 meters in the Serra Mantiqueira. 15603 Call. PE Jacupiranga, Caverna do Diabo,10<10>24<10>94. Sunny, 25<91>C. Primary forest edge. With /Todirostrum plumbeiceps, Saltator similis, Procnias nudicollis .: 7345 Call. Serra Bocaina, near S. Jose do Barreiro,10<10>30<10>94. Drizzle, 15<91>C. Secondary forest. With /Pyriglena leucoptera, Grallaria varia, Chamaeza ruficauda .: 9045 Song, call. Serra Bocaina, near S. Jose do Barreiro, 10<10>30<10>94. Cloudy, 20<91>C. Secondary forest. With /Trogon surrucura, Columba plumbea, Vireo olivaceus .: 9721 Call. Fazenda Intervales, 11<10>30<10>97. Sunny, 27<91>C. Primary forest. With /Todirostrum plumbeiceps, Platycichla flavipes, Philydor rufus .: 8071 Song. 10<10>22<10>99, Serra da Mantiqueira, Tres Picos Trail. Clear, 25<91>C. Primary forest.: 13901 Call, 10<10>29<10>94. Serra Bocaina, 1800 meters. Rainy and cool. Stunted secondary rain forest.: 1974 >: