Solitary Cacique (Cacicus solitarius)

Other Names (World)
Solitary Cacique, Solitary Black Cacique

Family
Icteridae (New World Blackbirds)

Size
23 - 28 cm

First Described (Guide)
Vieillot, 1816

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical swamp forest. From sea-level - 500 m, occasionally up to 800 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay (B), Venezuela.

South-western Venezuela (T�chira, Apure) south through eastern Colombia (Meta), eastern Ecuador and eastern Peru, Brazil (locally north of R Amazon on R Branco, in Roraima, more extensively south of Amazon east to Cear�, Pernambuco and western Bahia) south to central and eastern Bolivia, Chaco of Paraguay, northern and eastern Argentina (south to Santiago del Estero, Santa Fe and Buenos Aires) and western Uruguay (locally along R Uruguay).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (47)...)

Solitary Cacique (Cacicus solitarius) [XC263023]
by Sebastian K. Herzog from Napo: Campococha area, Ecuador (call, calls)

Solitary Cacique (Cacicus solitarius) [XC438941]
by Rosendo Fraga from Reserva Iber\u00e1, San Mart\u00edn Department, Corrientes, argentina, Argentina (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Formerly included in genus Archiplanus. Often placed in genus Cacicus, but analysis of mitochondrial DNA indicates that this species is more closely related to Psarocolius than to other caciques.

References
See References.

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