Caatinga cacholote

The Caatinga cacholote (Pseudoseisura cristata) is a species of bird in the family Furnariidae. It is endemic to the Caatinga in northeastern Brazil. Formerly, it was considered conspecific with P. unirufa under the common name rufous cacholote. Common habitats include shrubs, graze land, and areas near human dwellings. Birds of this family build dome shaped nests made with clay or plant material.

Caatinga cacholote
In Paraiba, Brasil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Furnariidae
Genus: Pseudoseisura
Species:
P. cristata
Binomial name
Pseudoseisura cristata
(Spix, 1824)

References
  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Pseudoseisura cristata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  • Zimmer, K., and Whittaker, A. (2000). The Rufous Cacholote (Furnariidae: Pseudoseisura) is two species. Condor. 102(2): 409–422.

Bezerra, Claudia Mendonca, et al. “DESCRIPTION OF AN AMAZING NEST OF CAATINGA CACHALOTE Pseudoseisura Cristata INFESTED BY Psammolestes Tertius IN TAUA, STATE OF CEARA, NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL.” Revista De Patologia Tropical / Journal of Tropical Pathology, www.revistas.ufg.br/iptsp/article/view/54214.

Llambías, Paulo E., et al. “Breeding Success and Social Mating System of the Bay-Capped Wren-Spinetail (Spartonoica Maluroides).” The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, vol. 121, no. 4, 2009, pp. 803–807. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/20616990.


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