About the Scarlet-rumped Cacique
The scarlet-rumped cacique is a passerine bird species in the New World blackbird family Icteridae. This species has sometimes been split into two species: the scarlet-rumped cacique and the subtropical cacique.
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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.
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What the Scarlet-rumped Cacique sounds like
Where it lives
When to see it
Peak activity in March · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Red-rumped CaciqueCacicus haemorrhousMale red-rumped caciques average 29 cm (11 in) long and 96.5 g (3.4 oz).
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).
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