Family Ovenbirds (Furnariidae)
Least Concern
Grey-crested Cacholote (Pseudoseisura unirufa)
Taxonomy
French: Cacholote uni German: Grauhaubencachalote Spanish: Cacholote crestigrís
Other common names:
Rufous Cacholote
Taxonomy:
Anabates unirufus
d’Orbigny and Lafresnaye
, 1838,Moxos (= Beni), Bolivia
.Distribution:
NC & E Bolivia (Beni, extreme NW & SE Santa Cruz), SW Brazil (S Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul) and N Paraguay (Alto Paraguay).
Descriptive notes
20–21 cm; 42–57 g. Large, rather uniformly coloured furnariid with crest. Has rather uniform bright reddish-rufous face; crown reddish-rufous, feathers elongated... read more
Voice
Song usually given as duet that lasts c. 6 seconds, presumed male 4–10 evenly spaced notes... read more
Habitat
Gallery forest, seasonally flooded savannas, often near marshes; regularly near human habitations.... read more
Food and feeding
Little known. Mostly arthropods; recorded items include fruit, and also probably fruit seeds. Usually in pairs. Mainly terrestrial;... read more
Breeding
Season presumably during austral spring-summer. Presumably monogamous. Nest an oblong mass, c. 60 × 30 × 30 cm, made of twigs... read more
Movements
Resident.
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened. Common around ranch houses and other human habitations. Not particularly well known.
Close to P. cristata; 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 geographical isolation of the two populations of present species, there are no evident plumage differences that would warrant naming of subspecies. Monotypic.