A rufous flycatcher of Brazil. Its breeding habitat differs from the open woodland and savannas used by migrants outside the breeding period.
A large rufous flycatcher with a slight crest, cinnamon back, dusky flight feathers, and buff underparts.
It breeds in wooded Caatinga. Migrants outside the breeding period also occur in Cerrado, Amazonian savannas, and open woodland; it eats insects.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.