Characterization: Small species measuring about 13.5 cm in length. It has red apex, which is brown in the juvenile individual. Unlike some other members of its species, its tail is shorter and more rigid, not useful to support it.

Distribution: From Espírito Santo to São Paulo.

Habitat: Canopies on the edge of the forest.

Habits: A diurnal species, it bounces around on the ground, and takes flight only as a last resort, flying at a low height to the nearest thicket.

Diet: Carnivorous, feeding on insects and their larvae, spiders, harvestmen, other arthropods, and mollusks, etc.

Breeding: This bird species lays up to 3 eggs in nests consisting of a ball made of soft material, such as Spanish moss (Tilandsia usneoides), lichens, and mosses and built on trees between epiphytes.

In the UFRA area: In all surveys done, the Pallid Spinetail was spotted in the floodplains with riparian forests, in mixed forests in regeneration, and in the drainage ditches. Medium spatial distribution. This species was sighted 4 times.