Cacholote

Not to be confused with Cachalote.

Cacholote
Brown cacholote (Pseudoseisura lophotes)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Furnariidae
Genus: Pseudoseisura
Reichenbach, 1853
Type species
Anabates gutturalis
White-throated cacholote
Species

Pseudoseisura cristata
Pseudoseisura gutturalis
Pseudoseisura lophotes
Pseudoseisura unirufa
†Pseudoseisura cursor

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.

Taxonomy

The genus Pseudoseisura was introduced in 1853 by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach to accommodate the white-throated cacholote.[1][2] The name combines the Ancient Greek pseudos meaning "false" and seisoura, a bird mentioned by the Greek lexicologist Hesychius of Alexandria and believed to be a wagtail Motacilla.[3]

Species

The genus contains four extant species:[4]

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).

The allopatric Caatinga and gray-crested cacholotes were formerly considered conspecific under the name rufous cacholote (Pseudoseisura cristata).[5]

Fossil species:


References

  1. ^ Reichenbach, Ludwig (1853). "Icones ad synopsin avium No. 10 Scansoriae A". Handbuch der speciellen Ornithologie (in German). Vol. 6. Dresden und Leipzig: Expedition Vollständigsten Naturgeschichte. pp. 145–218 [146, 168].
  2. ^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1951). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 7. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 122.
  3. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 321. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  4. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2021). "Ovenbirds, woodcreepers". IOC World Bird List Version 11.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  5. ^ Zimmer, Kevin J.; Whittaker, Andrew (2000). "The Rufous Cacholote (Furnariidae: pseudoseisura) is two species" (PDF). The Condor. 102 (2): 409–422. doi:10.1650/0010-5422(2000)102[0409:TRCFPI]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 85801003.
  6. ^ Tonni, Eduardo P.; Norieg, Jorge I. (2001). "Una especie extinta de Pseudoseisura Reichenbach 1853 (Passeriformes: Furnariidae) del Pleistoceno de la Argentina: Comentarios Filogeneticos" (PDF). Ornitologia Neotropical. 12 (1): 29–44.


Stub icon

This article about an ovenbird is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.