Cacholote

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 extent.

Not to be confused with Cachalote.

Cacholote
Brown cacholote (Pseudoseisura lophotes)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Furnariidae
Genus:	Pseudoseisura L. Reichenbach, 1853
Species
Pseudoseisura cristata Pseudoseisura gutturalis Pseudoseisura lophotes Pseudoseisura unirufa †Pseudoseisura cursor

Species

The allopatric Caatinga and gray-crested cacholotes were formerly considered conspecific under the name rufous cacholote (Pseudoseisura cristata).

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Pseudoseisura cristata	Caatinga cacholote	Caatinga in north-eastern Brazil.
	Pseudoseisura unirufa	Grey-crested cacholote	Pantanal-region in Brazil, Paraguay and Bolivia
	Pseudoseisura lophotes	Brown cacholote	northern Argentina, western Paraguay and Uruguay; also in southeastern Bolivia and Rio Grande do Sul
	Pseudoseisura gutturalis	White-throated cacholote	Argentina (Patagonia and the northwest).

• †Pseudoseisura cursor (Pleistocene of Argentina)

References

• Zimmer, K., & Whittaker, A. (2000). The Rufous Cacholote (Furnariidae: Pseudoseisura) is two species. Condor 102(2): 409–422
• Tonni, E. P., & Noriega, J. I. (2001). Una especie extinta de Pseudoseisura Reichenbach 1853 (Passeriformes: Furnariidae) del Pleistoceno de la Argentina: comentarios filogenéticos. Ornitología Neotropical 12(1): 29–44.