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Male band-tailed caciques average about 33 cm (13 in) long and 118 g (4.2 oz). Females average about 24.5 cm (9.6 in) long and 75 g (2.6 oz). The sexes have essentially the same plumage though females are a duller black than males. Adults are mostly velvety black. Their crown, nape, and upper back are chestnut and their wings have a bluish gloss. Their central tail feathers are black and the rest are yellow with black tips. They have a pale blue iris and black legs and feet. Their bill can be ivory-colored with a dusky wash on the tip or have a dusky gray maxilla and an ivory mandible. Voice: The band-tailed cacique's song is "a fairly short twanging ka'CHAWWW or CHOOO interspersed with higher rusty squeaks". Its calls are "rich, throaty g'luck, rhaw, and chaw notes".
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When to see the Band-tailed Cacique
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Band-tailed Cacique
The map shades 2 countries with regular records, and 2 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Band-tailed Cacique
The band-tailed cacique is a species of bird in the family Icteridae, the oropendolas, New World orioles, and New World blackbirds. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
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Easily confused with
Ecuadorian CaciqueCacicus sclateriThe male Ecuadorian cacique grows to a length of about 23 cm (9 in), with the female being a little smaller.
Selva CaciqueCacicus koepckeaeThe Selva cacique is entirely black except for a distinctive yellow rump and yellow upper-tail coverts.
Casqued CaciqueCacicus oseryiMale casqued caciques average 37 cm (15 in) long and 188 g (6.6 oz).
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