Birds of Bolivia

    PASSERIFORMES: Icteridae (Oropendolas, New World Orioles, Blackbirds)  
Genus: Cacicus (6 species, 11 worldwide)


Yellow-rumped Cacique
Yellow-rumped Cacique (Cacicus cela cela)
Hato Aurora, Casanare, Colombia
  A common species that makes large communal nests consisting of individual hanging nests.
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

At nest. Yellow-rumped Cacique nests are less 'hanging' than related species Oropendola's nests.

Mountain Cacique
Mountain Cacique (Cacicus chrysonotus leucoramphus)
Putumayo, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Golden-winged Cacique
Golden-winged Cacique (Cacicus chrysopterus)
Chaco National Park, Argentina  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Red-rumped Cacique
Red-rumped Cacique (Cacicus haemorrhous)
Brazil  
   
Photograph by João Sérgio Barros F. de Souza   © All Rights Reserved.


Casqued Cacique
Casqued Cacique (Cacicus oseryi)
Manu Birding Lodge, Madre de Dios, Peru  
   
Photograph by Fernando Angulo Pratolongo   © All Rights Reserved.


Solitary Cacique
Solitary Cacique (Cacicus solitarius)
Ibera Wetlands, Carlos Pellegrini, Argentina  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.



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