Northern Mountain Cacique (Cacicus leucoramphus)

Other Names (World)
Northern Mountain Cacique, Northern Mountain-Cacique

Family
Icteridae (New World Blackbirds)

Size
25 - 28 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Bonaparte, 1844)

Range (Guide)

Andes of western Venezuela (T�chira) and Colombia (all three cordilleras) south to south-eastern Ecuador (Loja).

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

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (46)...)

Northern Mountain Cacique (Cacicus leucoramphus) [XC242285]
by A Edwar H Guar\u00edn from Napo: pass of Cord. de los Guacamayos, Ecuador (call, calls)

Northern Mountain Cacique (Cacicus leucoramphus) [XC155253]
by Ottavio Janni from Apaya, Satipo Road, Junin, Peru (call)

Subspecies
Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Southern Mountain Cacique (Cacicus chrysonotus).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

leucoramphus (Bonaparte, 1845) - Andes of western Venezuela (T�chira) and Colombia (all three cordilleras) south to south-eastern Ecuador (Loja). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Southern Mountain Cacique (Cacicus chrysonotus).
peruvianus Zimmer, JT, 1924 - Eastern slope of Andes of Peru (Amazonas south to Jun�n). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Southern Mountain Cacique (Cacicus chrysonotus).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Northern Mountain Cacique (Cacicus leucoramphus) - 10 files

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