Grey-crested Cachalote (Pseudoseisura unirufa)

Other Names (World)
Grey-crested Cachalote, Gray-crested Cachalote, Grey-crested Cacholote, Gray-crested Cacholote, Rufous Cachalote, Rufous-breasted Cachalote (when treated as conspecific with Pseudoseisura cristata), Rufous Cacholote

Family
Furnariidae (Ovenbirds)

Size
20 cm

First Described (Guide)
(d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1838)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest, moist savanna. From 300 - 500 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia (B), Brazil (B), Paraguay (B).

North-central and eastern Bolivia (Beni, extreme north-western and south-eastern Santa Cruz), south-western Brazil (southern Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul) and northern Paraguay (Alto Paraguay).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (8)...)

Grey-crested Cacholote (Pseudoseisura unirufa) [XC277445]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Fazenda Santa Tereza, Rio Pixaim, Mato Grosso, Brazil (duet, song, song in duet)

Grey-crested Cacholote (Pseudoseisura unirufa) [XC702756]
by Guilherme Melo from Laney Rickman Nature Reserve, Beni Department, Bolivia (call, duet, song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Pseudoseisura cristata (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Caatinga Cachalote (Pseudoseisura cristata) and Grey-crested Cachalote (Pseudoseisura unirufa) following SACC (2005).

Genus has no obvious close relatives within the family. Forms a superspecies with Caatinga Cachalote (Pseudoseisura cristata) and formerly treated as conspecific, but differs ecologically and vocally (important differences in vocalizations demonstrated by playback experiments), and possibly also in social system and nest architecture. Despite the geographical isolation of the two populations of the present species, there are no evident plumage differences that would warrant the naming of subspecies.

References
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