Genus: Cacicus
Description
These are the Caciques, large members of the Icteridae family that breed from Mexico south to northern South America in woodlands and forests. They are all mostly black, with some having bright red or yellow splashes of color on the wings, rump, or crissum to distinguish them. All have long, pointed bills and blue eyes as adults. They build long hanging nests suspended from tree branches in a manner similar to the oropendolas, to which they are closely related.
Taxonomy
Cacicus is a genus in the family Icteridae.
Of the Caciques, only the aberrant Yellow-billed Cacique and the Yellow-winged Cacique are not of this genus.
Casqued Oropendola and Band-tailed Oropendola were formerly placed in their own monotypic genera.
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| C. solitarius | Solitary Cacique | ||
| C. chrysopterus | Golden-winged Cacique | ||
| C. sclateri | Ecuadorian Cacique | ||
| C. koepckeae | Selva Cacique | ||
| C. uropygialis | Scarlet-rumped Cacique | ||
| C. cela | Yellow-rumped Cacique | ||
| C. chrysonotus | Mountain Cacique | ||
| C. latirostris | Band-tailed Oropendola | ||
| C. haemorrhous | Red-rumped Cacique | ||
| C. oseryi | Casqued Oropendola | ||
Pages in category ‘Cacicus’
The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
