Characterization: Small species measuring about 16cm in length. It has tall, strong beak, brown eyebrows, a gray face, a yellowish green chest and yellow or orange iris.

Distribution: From Mexico to Bolivia, in all regions of Brazil and Argentina.

Habitat: Areas of secondary forests, copses, and savannas. In cities, it can be seen in parks, gardens, and wooded backyards.

Habits: This is a diurnal species that is most numerous in arid regions, where they live in pairs and often accompany mixed flocks. It hides in dense foliage at a medium height or in tree canopies, singing incessantly, being heard more than seen.

Diet: Carnivorous, feeding on insects and their larvae.

Breeding: It lays 2 to 3 eggs in nests made out of grasses and shaped like a cup.

In the UFRA area: The Rufous-browed Peppershrike was broadly distributed, being seen particularly in exotic forests, wetlands with riparian forests, restored native forests, mixed forests in regeneration, native forests, drainage ditches, and forests in spontaneous regeneration. It is considered medially frequent, since it was seen 33 times in all surveys done.