mˈɪkstspˈiːsiːz fˈiːdɪŋ flˈɑːks ɪɾ ɛŋkˈaʊntɚz wɛn hˈʌntɪŋ ɪn ˈoʊpən sɛɹˈɑːdoʊ hˈæbɪtˌæt ɑːɹ nˌɑːt pɚtˈɪkjʊlɚli wˈɛɹi ʌv ɪt: ðeɪ wˈɑːtʃ ɪt lˈɛst ðə hˈɔːk kˈʌm tˈuː klˈoʊs, bˌʌt kənsˈɪdɚ ðˌɛm hˈɑːɹdli mˈoːɹ əvə θɹˈɛt ðɐn ðə dᵻmˈɪnjuːtˌɪv ɐmˈɛɹɪkən kˈɛstɹəl.
Mixed-species feeding flocks it encounters when hunting in open cerrado habitat are not particularly wary of it: they watch it lest the hawk come too close, but consider them hardly more of a threat than the diminutive American kestrel.