Brown Cacholote (Pseudoseisura lophotes) [XC49895]
by Bernabe Lopez-Lanus from Estancia El Potrero, Gualeguaychu, Entre Rios, Argentina (duet, song)
Brown Cacholote (Pseudoseisura lophotes) [XC339556]
by Carlos Ferrari from Departamento de R\u00edo Negro, Uruguay (song)
Subspecies
Genus has no obvious close relatives within the family. Plumage similarities suggest that this species is most closely related to Grey-crested Cachalote (Pseudoseisura unirufa) and Caatinga Cachalote (Pseudoseisura cristata).
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
lophotes (Reichenbach, 1853) - Southern Bolivia (southern Santa Cruz, eastern Tarija) and western Paraguay.
argentina Parkes, 1960 - Northern and central Argentina (Catamarca, Santiago del Estero and Corrientes south to Mendoza, La Pampa and Buenos Aires), extreme south-eastern Brazil (western Rio Grande do Sul) and Uruguay.