Characterization: Small species measuring about 14cm in length. It has brown plumage on the long portions of its head, on its upper side and chest, contrasting with a cinnamon-red neck and a pale yellow abdomen and lower portion of the tail.

Distribution: Throughout Brazil and from Costa Rica and Panama to the other South American countries, except Chile.

Habitat: Riverside crop fields.

Habits: This is a diurnal and migratory species that lives in southern Brazil, in pairs and becomes restless at dawn and dusk, increasing its chirp and singing until settling down in the nest where the couple usually sleeps.

Diet: Carnivorous, strictly insectivorous, eats termites, ants, flies, and even bees.

Breeding: It lays its eggs in holes of various types, making a loose bed of grass, leaves and feathers, also using rafters beneath tiles and between linings and cavities in man-made constructions.

In the UFRA area: This bird species had a medium spatial distribution, having been spotted in 3 of 10 studied habitats. These habitats were wetlands with riparian forests, restored native forests, and woodlands in spontaneous regeneration. It is considered rare, since it was seen on the studied farms only three times in all surveys done.