Ovenbirds (Furnariidae)
Brown Cachalote (Pseudoseisura lophotes) - HBW 8, p. 323
French: Cacholote brun
German: Dunkelbrauner Cachalote
Spanish: Cacholote Castaño
Taxonomy: Homorus lophotes Reichenbach, 1853, Guanacos, 700 m, c. 32 km ESE of Cabezas, Cordillera, Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
Genus has no obvious close relatives within the family. Plumage similarities suggest that this species is most closely related to P. unirufa and P. cristata. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- lophotes (Reichenbach, 1853) - S Bolivia (S Santa Cruz, E Tarija) and W Paraguay.
- argentina Parkes, 1960 - N & C Argentina (Catamarca, Santiago del Estero and Corrientes S to Mendoza, La Pampa and Buenos Aires), extreme SE Brazil (W Rio Grande do Sul) and Uruguay.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
-
The whole family Locality Lavalleja Department, Uruguay (Monotypic species)
Alvaro Riccetto 12 February 2012 15 weeks ago 17 sec 3.8 -
A bird on the grass, pecking to feed. Locality Ceibas, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 24 September 2008 3 years ago 22 sec 3.7 -
A bird on the grass, feeding. Locality Ceibas, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 24 September 2008 3 years ago 28 sec 3.7 -
A bird pecking on the ground. Locality Ceibas, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 24 September 2008 3 years ago 33 sec 3.7 -
A bird walking, then flying away. Locality Ceibas, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 24 September 2008 3 years ago 18 sec 3
-
Individual adult male.
Locality Esteros del Iberá, Corrientes Province, Argentina
Bruno Salaroli 13 January 2011 11 weeks ago 3.5 -
On the ground
Locality Entre Ríos Province, Argentina
oleicfrisbee 39 weeks ago 3 -
A bird on the grass.
Locality Ceibas, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 24 September 2008 3 years ago 3
-
singing, natural song Locality Córdoba, Córdoba Province, Argentina
(ssp argentina)
dreyernp 2 November 2008 2 years ago 4
Email this page