Birds of Venezuela

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Genus: Cacicus (5 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.


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


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


Subtropical Cacique
Subtropical Cacique (Cacicus uropygialis)
Palestina, Huila, Colombia
  Note red rump missing from this photo. 		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.
Similar to the Scarlet-rumped Cacique but found mostly on eastern Andean foothills. Moves with Russet-backed Oropendola.

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