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ForestDomed nestMedium · 84 g
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Male red-rumped caciques average 29 cm (11 in) long and 96.5 g (3.4 oz). Females average 25 cm (9.8 in) long and weigh 62 to 74 g (2.2 to 2.6 oz). The sexes have essentially the same plumage though females are overall duller than males. Adults of the nominate subspecies C. h. haemorrhous are mostly glossy black with a bright red lower back and rump. Males have a pale blue iris and females a brownish blue iris. Both sexes have an ivory-colored bill and black legs and feet. Juveniles resemble adult females. Subspecies C. h. Voice: The red-rumped cacique has a "oud, complex and varied repertoire of songs and calls, particularly among males". They have been described as an "unstructured series of high, hoarse sreek sreek... notes (not unlike barking of small dog)." When alarmed all the members of a colony give "a loud harsh kak-kak-kak.
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When to see the Red-rumped Cacique
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Red-rumped Cacique
The map shades 12 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Red-rumped Cacique
The red-rumped cacique is a species of bird in the family Icteridae, the oropendolas, New World orioles, and New World blackbirds. It is found in every mainland South American country except Chile.
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Easily confused with
Scarlet-rumped CaciqueCacicus uropygialisThe scarlet-rumped cacique is sexually dimorphic like many Icteridae, though it mainly concerns size in this species.
Solitary CaciqueCacicus solitariusThe male solitary cacique has a length of about 27 cm (10.6 in) and the female 23 cm (9.1 in).
Golden-winged CaciqueCacicus chrysopterusMale golden-winged caciques are about 21 cm (8.3 in) long and females about 19 cm (7.5 in).
Side by side: Red-rumped Cacique vs Yellow-rumped Cacique · Red-rumped Cacique vs Scarlet-rumped Cacique · Red-rumped Cacique vs Solitary Cacique · Golden-winged Cacique vs Red-rumped Cacique
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