Characterization: Small species measuring about 11cm in length. Its plumage is basically olive-gray, with a whitish belly and a white margin and stripe on its black neck. The female is olive-brown on top and has lighter colors on its lower part, with no clearly distinguishable marks.

Distribution: Brazil, from Bahia to Rio Grande do Sul, and abroad from Uruguay to Bolivia and Peru.

Habitat: Moist and swampy places, but it can be found in gardens, along roads and wherever there are low shrubs and trees.

Habits: A diurnal species, this bird moves around the ground by jumping.

Diet: Herbivorous, feeding on grass seeds and other plant seeds in open fields.

Breeding: This bird lays 2-3 eggs in a somewhat scraggly open-bowl-shaped nest.

In the UFRA area: This species is frequent, as it was spotted 58 times. It was broadly distributed in these areas, being spotted in the organic sugarcane fields, exotic woods, wetlands with herbaceous plants, wetlands with riparian forests, in restored native forests, in mixed forests in regeneration, native forests, in drainage ditches, in forests in spontaneous regeneration, and in fields in spontaneous regeneration.