Yellow-billed Cacique - BirdForum Opus

Photo by Glen Tepke
Gamboa Ammo Dump Ponds, Panama, January 2004

Amblycercus holosericeus

Identification

Male 21·5 cm; female 20·5 cm
All black with pale yellow bill and eye, long broad tail

Distribution

Central and South America
Central America: found in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama
South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru an Bolivia

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 3 subspecies^[1]:

• A. h. holosericeus:

• South-eastern Mexico (San Luis Potosí and s Tamaulipas) to northern Colombia

• A. h. flavirostris:

• Western Colombia to western Ecuador and extreme north-western Peru (Tumbes)

• A. h. australis:

• Colombia to north-western Venezuela, eastern Peru and north-western Bolivia

Habitat

Dense thickets, bamboo stands and undergrowth of clearings and forest edges. Often seen near streams.

Behaviour

A skulking bird, hard to see in the thickets.

Diet

Their diet consists almost entirely of insects, including beetles and crickets.

Breeding

Monogomous. They build a bulky cup nest of leaves and vines. The clutch consists of 1–2 eggs.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved December 2014)
4. Neotropical.birds.cornell.edu

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Yellow-billed Cacique. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Yellow-billed_Cacique

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