The fruit bodies are often rufescent and high. Females are typically larger and more rufescent than the males. It can be confused with the rufescent prinia. The lesser nothura is rufescent with a chestnut crown and yellow mottling. The upper part plumage, wings and tail are all rufescent brown. "Morchella tridentina" (="Morchella frustrata") is also rufescent and very similar to "M. rufobrunnea". The rufescent antshrike ("Thamnistes rufescens") is a passerine bird in the antbird family. The underparts vary from fulvous to white; the breast is rufescent. The rufescent prinia ("Prinia rufescens") is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae.