Cacholote

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Cacholote
Pseudoseisura lophotes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Furnariidae
Subfamily: Furnariinae
Genus: Pseudoseisura
L. Reichenbach, 1853
Species

Pseudoseisura cristata
Pseudoseisura gutturalis
Pseudoseisura lophotes
Pseudoseisura unirufa

The cacholotes are four species of relatively large, heavy-billed Furnariids in the genus Pseudoseisura. They are found in shrubby habitats in the South American countries of Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay. They are essentially brown (ranging from deep rufous to pale gray-brown depending on species), and all are crested to some extend.

[edit] Species

The allopatric Caatinga and Gray-crested Cacholotes were formerly considered conspecific under the name Rufous Cacholote (Pseudoseisura cristata).

[edit] References

  • Zimmer, K., and Whittaker, A. (2000). The Rufous Cacholote (Furnariidae: Pseudoseisura) is two species. Condor. 102(2): 409–422


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