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Caatinga Cacholote
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Caatinga Cacholote
Pseudoseisura cristata
The Caatinga cacholote (Pseudoseisura cristata) is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family. It is endemic to the Caatinga in north-eastern Brazil. Formerly, it was considered conspecific with P. unirufa under the common name rufous cacholote.
From the article Caatinga cacholote on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The Caatinga cacholote is 25 to 26 cm (9.8 to 10 in) long. It is a large, crested, furnariid with a long bill. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults are mostly bright reddish-rufous that is somewhat paler on their underparts. Their flight feathers have fuscous tips and the ends of the tail feathers lack barbs. Their iris is yellow. Juveniles have a shorter crest than adults, with some dusky streaks or bars on the face and underparts and a bluish gray iris.
Range & habitat
The Caatinga cacholote is found in eastern Brazil in an area bounded roughly by eastern Maranhão, Paraíba, and central Minas Gerais. It inhabits the woodlands and scrub of the Caatinga biome and also tropical deciduous forest. Away from areas of dense human population it is common around dwellings. In elevation it ranges from 50 to 500 m (160 to 1,600 ft).
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
What it does
The Caatinga cacholote feeds on arthropods and plant material. It usually forages in pairs and usually on the ground, where it probes and digs for its prey.
Wikipedia: “Feeding”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 11722.