Alternative name: Band-tailed Cacique
- Cacicus latirostris
Identification
33·2 cm
- Basically black plumage
Distribution
South America: found in tropical south-eastern Colombia and Ecuador to north-eastern Peru and extreme western Brazil.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Formerly placed in genus Ocyalus.
Habitat
Amazonian flood-plain forests, river edges and islands.
Behaviour
Diet
Not a lot has been recorded, but they are know to eat fruit and caterpillars; probably other insects too.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2014. IOC World Bird Names (version 4.3). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved December 2014)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Band-tailed Oropendola. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 13 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Band-tailed_Oropendola
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
