Pink-legged Graveteiro

The pink-legged graveteiro's most distinctive feature is, as the name suggests, its bright-pink legs and feet. The plumage, as an adult, is mainly black and gray, although juveniles are commonly more brown in color. Its size is comparable to that of a warbler at about 14 centimetres (5.5 in) as an adult, and the graveteiro is thought to be stout for a bird its size. One way to tell you have found a pink-legged graveteiro is by its unique song, usually high-pitched and beginning with sparse notes, then it accelerating, and finally finishing with a long trill.

The scientific name of the species, Acrobatornis fonsecai is a reference to its acrobatic habits. It tends to hang upside-down under the canopies of trees while slinking along searching for its next meal. The diet of this bird includes mainly insects and more specifically Coleoptera, which are beetles. Some other species that were found in the stomachs of the birds were termites, moths, ants, insect larvae, insect eggs, and spiders.