About the Mountain Cacique
The mountain cacique is a species of bird in the family Icteridae, the oropendolas, New World orioles, and New World blackbirds. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
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Mountain caciques are about 25 to 30 cm (9.8 to 12 in) long. Males weigh about 92 to 98 g (3.2 to 3.5 oz) and females about 64 to 67 g (2.3 to 2.4 oz). The sexes have essentially the same plumage though females are a duller black than males. Adults are almost entirely glossy black. Their lower back and rump are yellow, and some individuals have some to much yellow on the upperwing coverts. They have a blue to bluish white iris, a pale yellow-ivory to greenish ivory bill with a bluish gray base, and black legs and feet. Juveniles have dark brown eyes but are otherwise like adults. Voice: The song of the male mountain cacique is described as "pig-like squeals followed by high-pitched notes and accelerating into a rattle". It is "quite vocal, with a variety of loud calls including a wree-wree-wree-wreeuh, sometimes just a single wree! or kreeuh!, and a repeated more nasal skeeuh".
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Where it lives
Recorded as a rare visitor in Venezuela.
When to see it
Peak activity in November · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Golden-winged CaciqueCacicus chrysopterusMale golden-winged caciques are about 21 cm (8.3 in) long and females about 19 cm (7.5 in).
Solitary CaciqueCacicus solitariusThe male solitary cacique has a length of about 27 cm (10.6 in) and the female 23 cm (9.1 in).
Ecuadorian CaciqueCacicus sclateriThe male Ecuadorian cacique grows to a length of about 23 cm (9 in), with the female being a little smaller.
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