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title: "Braune Cacholote"
description: "Pseudoseisura lophotes — Vögel. The brown cacholote (Pseudoseisura lophotes) is a medium-sized bird of the ovenbird family Furnariidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/brown-cacholote
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Braune Cacholote

> Pseudoseisura lophotes — Vögel. The brown cacholote (Pseudoseisura lophotes) is a medium-sized bird of the ovenbird family Furnariidae.

- Scientific name: *Pseudoseisura lophotes*
- Category: `birds` (Vögel)
- Habitats: `forest` (Wald), `urban` (Stadt & Garten)
- iNaturalist observations: 1505
- Wikidata: [Q1274815](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1274815)
- iNaturalist taxon: [11719](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/11719)

## Names

- en: Brown Cacholote
- de: Braune Cacholote
- es: Caserote
- fr: Cacholote brun
- nl: Bruine cachalote
- pl: Kamionek brązowy

## Countries with the most observations

AR (1425), UY (22), BR (14), PY (7), BO (4)

## Summary

The brown cacholote (Pseudoseisura lophotes) is a medium-sized bird of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It was described by Ludwig Reichenbach in 1853, with its subspecies, argentina, described in 1960 by Kenneth Carroll Parkes. It is nonmigratory, and is found in the forests and parks of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Unlike many other birds, the brown cacholote builds large, pitcher-like nests year-round, each weighing many times more than the bird itself. Breeding begins in mid-November, with both parents sharing the responsibility for taking care of the nest equally. Incubation takes 17–20…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_cacholote

## Photo

![Braune Cacholote](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/brown-cacholote/medium.jpg)

Photo: Julia Ariadna · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/375069727

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/brown-cacholote?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).