Rare to Southern Arizona and Texas. Adult has yellow breast and throat, white supercilium, reddish-orange crown and auriculars, black lores, white malar area, relatively stubby black bill, plain olive-brown upperparts, pale brown underparts, white undertail coverts, and relatively long, plain brown tail. Sexes are similar.

Length: 13 (cm) Wingspan: 18 (cm)

Voice:

Jumbled, rapid series of jerky phrases; call is a single chip note, sometimes repeated.

Habitat:

Canyons, shrublands, woodlands with dense vegetation, riparian areas.

Behavior:

Habitually flips and flicks long tail. Generally occupies low thickets. Nest is partially roofed, on the ground or secured to side of rock or log.

Feeding:

Gleans low foliage for insects and other invertebrates.