Characterization: Medium to large species measuring some 40 cm in length. This bird has a yellowish-white head, neck, and lower parts and long wings with a clearly visible white area, as well as its tail, which also has narrow black stripes. When young, it is brown and has a head and bottom ribbed in white.

Distribution: Throughout Brazil.

Habitat: Pastures and corrals.

Habits: A diurnal and rather sinanthropus (i.e. adapted to living around humans) species, being benefited by the expansion of agricultural areas.

Diet: Essentially carnivorous, this bird feeds off of ticks and warbles it picks off cattle and horses, caterpillars, flying termites, and snakes, in addition to feces, fruit, and carrion.

Breeding: It lays 5 to 7 eggs in a basket-shaped nest built with grass stems on medium-tall trees.

In the UFRA area: In the surveys conducted at the São Francisco Sugarmill farms, this species of bird was spotted in five different habitats. These habitats were exotic forests, wetlands with herbaceous plants, restored native forests, mixed forests in regeneration, and drainage ditches. It is an infrequent species, as it was seen only ten times.