Scarlet-rumped Cacique (Cacicus uropygialis) | Photos, Calls and ID

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ForestDomed nestMedium · 61 g

What the Scarlet-rumped Cacique sounds like

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

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Napo: 'Cabañas San Isidro', 1-2 km SW Cosanga, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call, calls · Zamora-Chinchipe: Río Bombuscaro, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Napo: pass of Cord. de los Guacamayos, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

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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When to see the Scarlet-rumped Cacique

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Scarlet-rumped Cacique

Regular range

The map shades 8 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Costa Rica Panama Ecuador Colombia Peru Honduras Nicaragua Venezuela

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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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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