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Scarlet-rumped Cacique vs Yellow-rumped Cacique

Scarlet-rumped Cacique (Cacicus uropygialis)

Scarlet-rumped Cacique

Cacicus uropygialis

Medium61 gForest

The scarlet-rumped cacique is sexually dimorphic like many Icteridae, though it mainly concerns size in this species. Males are 23 cm (9 in) long and weigh 68 g (2.4 oz), while the female is 20 cm (8 in) long and weighs 53 g (1.9 oz); This cacique is a slim long-winged bird, with a relatively short tail, blue eyes, and a pale yellow pointed bill. It has mainly black plumage, apart from a scarlet patch on the lower back and upper rump. The female is smaller and a duller black than the male, and the juvenile bird has a brownish tone to the plumage and a brownish-orange rump.

ID text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Sonogram of the Scarlet-rumped Cacique
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Napo: 'Cabañas San Isidro', 1-2 km SW Cosanga, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0
Photo: HarmonyonPlanetEarth · CC BY 2.0
Yellow-rumped Cacique (Cacicus cela)

Yellow-rumped Cacique

Cacicus cela

Medium85 gForest

The male is on average 28 centimetres (11 in) long and weighs about 104 grams (3.7 oz), with the female 23 centimetres (9.1 in) long and weighing approximately 60 grams (2.1 oz). The yellow-rumped cacique is a slim bird, with a long tail, blue eyes, and a pale yellow pointed bill. It has mainly black plumage, apart from a bright yellow rump, tail base, lower belly and wing "epaulets". The female is duller black than the male, and the juvenile bird resembles the female, but has dark eyes and a brown bill base.

ID text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Sonogram of the Yellow-rumped Cacique
Recorded by radrat · Call · Pipeline road, Panama · CC0
Photo: Lucas Illanes · CC BY 4.0

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