About Attila rufus (Vieillot, 1819)
The grey-hooded attila, Attila rufus (Vieillot, 1819), measures 20 to 21 cm (7.9 to 8.3 in) long and weighs 36.5 to 51.5 g (1.3 to 1.8 oz). Males and females have identical plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a gray head and nape. Most of their upperparts are deep rufous, with paler cinnamon-rufous color on the rump and tail. Their wings are mostly deep rufous, with blackish primary feathers. Their chin is gray with white streaks, their breast is rufous, and their belly is a paler yellowish rufous. The subspecies A. r. hellmayri has a whitish chin and a rufous throat. Adults of both subspecies have a dark iris, a somewhat long bill with a dark upper mandible and a whitish to grayish lower mandible, and gray legs and feet. Juveniles have an entirely black bill. This species is found only in eastern and southeastern Brazil, with two subspecies that occupy different ranges. A. r. hellmayri is the more northerly subspecies, found in central and southern Bahia. The nominate subspecies ranges from Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo south to northeastern Rio Grande do Sul. The grey-hooded attila lives in humid forest and scrubland, at elevations from sea level up to 1,500 m (4,900 ft).
