Identification
An easily overlooked understory bird of undisturbed and disturbed forests in the lowlands and foothills. Has a typical illadopsis shape but shows reddish-brown upperparts, a buffy-brown belly, a pale gray throat, and a distinctive head pattern that includes a black cap and a gray face with a darker ear patch. Song is a piercing, rising whistled couplet “tlee-dlee!” or a single “tlee!”