Pseudoseisura cristata
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
The Caatinga cacholote (Pseudoseisura cristata) is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is endemic to Brazil. The Caatinga cacholote is monotypic. However, what is now the grey-crested cacholote (P. unirufa) was previously considered a subspecies of it. The two-subspecies P. cristata was then called the rufous cacholote. The two taxa were split following the data in a paper published in 2000.
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.
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... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chapada Diamantina National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salvador | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Caatinga Cacholote sighting in Chapada Diamantina National Park on a given day, based on 62 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 128th most-seen of the 271 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Caatinga Cacholote in Chapada Diamantina National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March, the lowest month.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Caatinga Cacholote sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Chapada Diamantina National Park, in our data
Chapada Diamantina National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Caatinga Cacholote sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Furnariidae
The closest relatives of the Caatinga Cacholote that you can see in Chapada Diamantina National Park (family Furnariidae, Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers) are Pale-breasted Spinetail (about 20%), Sooty-fronted Spinetail (about 20%) and Spix's Spinetail (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Caatinga Cacholote is recorded against all the birds logged in Chapada Diamantina National Park (62 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
