Active and attractive warbler of highlands and foothills.
Sexes look alike: head and upperparts slaty gray with blacker face and small rusty cap.
Belly is red in Mexico, orange-red in northern Central America, and yellow from Costa Rica to South America.
White-tipped tail is usually fanned and flapped side-to-side.
Favors evergreen and pine-oak forest and edge, and cloud forest in the Andes.
Usually in pairs, foraging mainly at low to middle levels, at times even on the ground. Frequently joins mixed-species feeding flocks.
