The Cinnamon Attila occurs in Amazonian floodplain forest, edges, and river islands, foraging in the canopy and subcanopy. In Peru, the account records it in Loreto and Ucayali and describes it as uncommon there.
The upperparts are cinnamon-rufous, the wings dusky, and the underparts yellowish to rufous. The bill is black and the iris dark, according to the account.
It perches and forages in the canopy and subcanopy of floodplain forest and also uses forest edges and river islands. The Peru account describes it as uncommon in Loreto and Ucayali.
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