Casqued Cacique (Cacicus oseryi) | Photos, Calls and ID

LCLeast ConcernOmnivore

ForestDomed nestMedium · 138 g

Casqued Cacique (Cacicus oseryi), photo 1 — Photo: (c) eamonccorbett, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by eamonccorbett · cc-by

What the Casqued Cacique sounds like

Sonogram of the Casqued Cacique: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call, calls · Orellana: s-bank Río Napo: between Añangu and Laguna Añangu, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

Male casqued caciques average 37 cm (15 in) long and 188 g (6.6 oz). Females average 29 cm (11 in) long and 101 g (3.6 oz). Males have a prominent casque and females a smaller one. The casque's color is usually yellowish gray to olivaceous gray, sometimes ivory-colored with a greenish tinge and a dark gray tip, and sometimes entirely dark gray. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults are mostly rich chestnut. Their tail is mostly dusky olive with bright yellow outer feathers. Their wing's flight feathers have yellow edges. Voice: The casqued cacique's song is "a descending loud, electric, buzzing tok'DJZZEEEEEEEROP. Its "loud, squawking calls" include a "zhrak! and a repeated zhreeo! zhreeo! zhreeo", and displaying males "give a long squa-a-a-a-a-ooók! and a ringing ko-kooó-glee!".

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When to see the Casqued Cacique

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Casqued Cacique

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 4 countries with regular records, and 1 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.

Peru Ecuador Colombia Bolivia

Recorded as a rare visitor in Brazil.

About the Casqued Cacique

The casqued 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, Peru, and possibly Bolivia.

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Easily confused with

Band-tailed CaciqueCacicus latirostrisMale band-tailed caciques average about 33 cm (13 in) long and 118 g (4.2 oz).

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.

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