Birds of Panama

○   ←   PASSERIFORMES: Icteridae (Oropendolas, New World Orioles, Blackbirds)   →
Genus: Cacicus (2 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.

Scarlet-rumped Cacique
Scarlet-rumped Cacique (Cacicus microrhynchus microrhynchus)
Soberania National Park, Panama   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


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