Pseudoseisura cristata
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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
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 |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salvador | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Caatinga Cacholote sighting in Salvador on a given day, based on 192 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 35th most-seen of the 107 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January and October
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Caatinga Cacholote in Salvador on a given day, against about 10% in March and April, the lowest months.
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 Salvador, in our data
Salvador is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Caatinga Cacholote sightings: about 30% 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 Salvador (family Furnariidae, Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers) are Rufous Hornero (about 90%), Straight-billed Woodcreeper (about 10%) and Yellow-chinned Spinetail (about 10%), 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 Salvador (192 verified sightings), 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.
