Brown Cacholote (Pseudoseisura lophotes) [XC212766]
by Niels Krabbe from C\u00f3rdoba: Embalse, Argentina (duet)
Brown Cacholote (Pseudoseisura lophotes) [XC173439]
by Niels Krabbe from Rio Negro, Uruguay (call)
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.