This small bird searches for insects near the ground in Brazil’s eastern Atlantic Forest. Males have a distinctive black face pattern.
Males have a black facial mask and rufous crown. Females lack the mask and have a pale line behind the eye.
At Pedra Talhada Biological Reserve in northeastern Brazil, breeding was concentrated in March–May, with the most active nests in April.
At Pedra Talhada Biological Reserve in northeastern Brazil, all 114 monitored nests had clutches of two eggs.
At Pedra Talhada, the estimated interval from clutch completion to the hatching of the first chick was 17–18 days in seven nests.
At Pedra Talhada, the estimated interval from the last chick hatching to the first chick leaving the nest was 13–16 days in 21 nests.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.