Birds of Guyana

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Genus: Cacicus (2 species, 11 worldwide)


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.


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

© Tom Friedel - All Rights Reserved, except for images and data otherwise noted.       Colombia       Panama       Ecuador       Costa Rica       Mexico
Experimental sites:       Peru       Venezuela       The World       Brazil       Bolivia
Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Cuba