Pinto's Spinetail

Pinto's spinetail is 16 to 18 cm (6.3 to 7.1 in) long and weighs 16 to 20 g (0.56 to 0.71 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a dark grayish face. Their crown and nape are bright reddish chestnut and their back, rump, and uppertail coverts are brownish gray. Their wings are mostly rufous. Their tail is dark rufous-chestnut; it is graduated and the feathers have pointed tips. Their chin has a black spot; the rest of their chin and throat have diffuse whitish and gray streaks. The rest of their underparts are dark slaty gray with sometimes a lighter central belly. Their iris is dark brown, their bill dark gray, and their legs and feet grayish or greenish gray.

Pinto's spinetail is found patchily in far eastern Brazil, in the eastern parts of Paraíba, Alagoas, and Pernambuco states. It inhabits tropical lowland evergreen forest both primary and secondary, usually in dense undergrowth. In elevation it ranges from near sea level to almost 1,100 m (3,600 ft).

Pinto's spinetail feeds on arthropods. It typically forages singly or in pairs, gleaning prey from live and dead leaves and small branches, and usually 1 to 2 m (3 to 7 ft) above the ground.