Characterization: Species measuring about 16cm in length, with a brown cap and wings, olive-brown tail, with a grayish black front, and yellowish-white lower parts.

Distribution: It occurs from the Amazon countryside to the Northeast, Midwest, southeast and south of Brazil, as well as in Paraguay, Bolivia, and Argentina. Common in central Brazil, it occurs from Costa Rica to Bolivia and Argentina, and throughout Brazil.

Habitat: This bird inhabits countryside areas, dry secondary forests, savannas, pastures, and "campinaranas."

Habits: When it sings, it displays the black base of its neck feathers, forming a black spot which is invisible when the bird is silent.

Diet: Insectivore, but it is very difficult to see how it forages, as it does this inside closed bushes.

Breeding: This bird builds a spherical nest of sticks measuring 30cm in length, with a low tubular entrance, in a bush, where it lays its two white eggs.

In the UFRA area: This humming bird species was not spotted frequently and is considered rare, because it was only seen once. The habitat this bird occurred most in was drainage ditches.