About the Yellow-rumped Cacique
The yellow-rumped cacique is a passerine bird in the New World family Icteridae. It breeds in much of northern South America from Panama and Trinidad south to Peru, Bolivia and central Brazil. However, they have been sighted as far north as Nayarit state in Mexico.
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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.
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What the Yellow-rumped Cacique sounds like
Where it lives
Recorded as a rare visitor in United States.
When to see it
Peak activity in October · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Scarlet-rumped CaciqueCacicus uropygialisThe scarlet-rumped cacique is sexually dimorphic like many Icteridae, though it mainly concerns size in this species.
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).
Side by side: Greyish Baywing vs Yellow-rumped Cacique
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