Original account 269 · seb_species_0269

Gray-hooded Attila

attila rufus

Tyrannidae,Tyranninae

From the original CD

Complete decoded account text

21 cm. Larger than /Attila phoenicurus with a long and strong bill. The whole head is slaty gray with whitish streaks on the throat. Back reddish rusty. Rump and tail cinnamon rufous. Wings rufous with black primaries. Breast orange buff, the belly more yellow. Most common call is a loud "wi wi wi wi wi TI pu" or "wi wi wi wi wi wi TI TI pu" with emphasis on the next to last syllable, the wi whistles slowly increasing in pitch cut 2 . Also a quick "wiwiwiwiwiwiwiwiwi" on the same pitch cuts 1, 3, 4 and 5 . Alarm call is a high fast rattle "tiktiktiktiktiktiktiktiktik" cut 6 , also a hard "trk...trk...". Forages in the sub-canopy of forest and engages in outward-hover-gleaning, sallying from perches within the canopy and fruit eating. /Attila spadiceus , a closely related species, builds a cup nest of a four-attachment-points design ^106 . Common in the middle statum of mature secondary and of primary rain forest and forest border. Frequently well hidden within the foliage and sometimes remarkably difficult to see. Throughout. Serra Mantiqueira, Serra dos Org<C4>os, Serra do Mar, Ubatuba, Parati, Rio de Janeiro, Angra dos Reis, Fazenda Intervales, Cananeia, PE Jacupiranga, Peruibe etc. From sea level to 1600 meters at Itatiaia. Still present at Ibitipoca near Lima Duarte MG . 7873 Wiwiwi-call, Ubatuba, 10<10>31<10>93. Sunny, 22<91>C. Forest. With /Hemitriccus obsoletus, Basileuterus culicivorus .: 4858 Calls. Iguape, 11<10>7<10>95. Rainy, clouds, 20<91>C. Secondary<10>primary forest. With /Philydor atricapillus .: 8255 Call. 10<10>13<10>99 Jureia-Peruibe. Sunny, 20<91>C. Forest.: 2588 Call. 10<10>13<10>99 Jureia-Peruibe. Sunny, 20<91>C. Primary forest. With /Habia rubica .: 11146 Calls. Ibitiboca, 11<10>1<10>00. Sunny, 25<91>C. Primary gallery forest.: 13611 Call, Fazenda Capricornio, Ubatuba, 10<10>17<10>99, cloudy, rain, 25<91>C, open forest.: 8156 >: gyhdd?attla Attila rufus, Fazenda Intervales, 11<10>27<10>97.:

Character status: partial decoder; angle-bracket byte markers are preserved

Recovered structure; field assignment may be heuristic

Structured account sections

Description

Voice

Most common call is a loud "wi wi wi wi wi TI pu" or "wi wi wi wi wi wi TI TI pu" with emphasis on the next to last syllable, the wi whistles slowly increasing in pitch cut 2 . Also a quick "wiwiwiwiwiwiwiwiwi" on the same pitch cuts 1, 3, 4 and 5 . Alarm call is a high fast rattle "tiktiktiktiktiktiktiktiktik" cut 6 , also a hard "trk...trk...".

Behavior

Forages in the sub-canopy of forest and engages in outward-hover-gleaning, sallying from perches within the canopy and fruit eating.

Breeding

/Attila spadiceus , a closely related species, builds a cup nest of a four-attachment-points design ^106 .

Habitat and status

Common in the middle statum of mature secondary and of primary rain forest and forest border. Frequently well hidden within the foliage and sometimes remarkably difficult to see.

Distribution

Throughout. Serra Mantiqueira, Serra dos Org<C4>os, Serra do Mar, Ubatuba, Parati, Rio de Janeiro, Angra dos Reis, Fazenda Intervales, Cananeia, PE Jacupiranga, Peruibe etc. From sea level to 1600 meters at Itatiaia. Still present at Ibitipoca near Lima Duarte MG .

Structure status: heuristic; decoded_account_text and segment JSON remain authoritative

Release-specific historical evidence — the three releases remain separate; none is canonical

Release history

This work was published as three separate releases: the Disc 3 release first, the Disc 2 release later, and the Disc 1 release in 2011. Differences between them are historical release differences and are never merged.

Disc 3 in this release's bird list (aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1)
Disc 2 in this release's bird list (aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1)
Disc 1 (2011) in this release's bird list (aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1)

The account in the Disc 1 (2011) revision

The 2011 Disc 1 revision carries this account text unchanged from the Disc 3 release.

Historical taxonomy

WORLD

attila rufus

Gray-hooded Attila

Tyrannidae,Tyranninae

Tyrannine Flycatchers

CLEMENTS

attila rufus

Gray-hooded Attila

Tyrannidae,Tyranninae

Tyrannine Flycatchers

AOU_HM

attila rufus

Gray-hooded Attila

Tyrannidae,Tyranninae

Tyrannine Flycatchers

Recordings

7873.wav

7873 Wiwiwi-call, Ubatuba, 10<10>31<10>93. Sunny, 22<91>C. Forest. With /Hemitriccus obsoletus, Basileuterus culicivorus .

Historical relationship: account_audio; status: retained_v1_0_1; source order: 1.