Figure 1. My reason for classifying this bird as M. a. snethlagei was its similarity with the corresponding figure in HBW 9, plate 30 (Mobley 2004). However, the various subspecies of M. atricaudus closely ressemble each other, and it would be interesting to see whether behavioral or genetic data support the assumption that M. a. snethlagei is a valid taxon.

The bird on the foto was observed in the lower growth of a remnant of mature secondary humid forest in Serra de Baturité, at an altitude somewhere between 800 and 1000 meters (estimated by me, without GPS). This individual was not shy, and I was able to approach up to 3-4 meters.

The prominent bristles around the mouth are characteristic of the genus. The bird does not exibit the pale loral area shown in Ridgely and Tudor 2009, plate 51, fig. 13.