Red-rumped Cacique (Cacicus haemorrhous)

Family
Icteridae (New World Blackbirds)

Size
20 - 29.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Linnaeus, 1766)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From sea-level - 1,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (72)...)

Red-rumped Cacique (Cacicus haemorrhous) [XC773011]
by Franco Vushurovich from Roura, Arrondissement de Cayenne, French Guiana (call, song)

Red-rumped Cacique (Cacicus haemorrhous) [XC259967]
by John V. Moore from Napo: 'Gareno (Guaponi) Lodge', Ecuador (call, interaction calls)

Subspecies
Mitochondrial DNA data indicate rather distant relationship with Yellow-rumped Cacique (Cacicus cela).

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

haemorrhous (Linnaeus, 1766) - South-eastern Venezuela east to French Guiana, south to eastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador and northern Brazil (Roraima).
pachyrhynchus von Berlepsch, 1889 - Amazon Basin in Brazil (Amazonas and Par� south to Rond�nia and north-western Mato Grosso), eastern Peru and northern Bolivia.
affinis Swainson, 1834 - Eastern Brazil (Pernambuco and southern Tocantins south to Santa Catarina), eastern Paraguay and north-eastern Argentina (south to Corrientes).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Red-rumped Cacique (Cacicus haemorrhous) - 10 files

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