Birds of Brazil

    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.

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.


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Band-tailed Oropendola (Cacicus latirostris)
   


A smaller oropendola (sometimes called Band-tailed Cacique) grouped by taxonomy with caciques, but sometimes seen flying with true oropendolas, or in groups of two or three. Black with chestnut nape, light colored bill, blue eyes, and a light band on inside of tail. Hard to see perched.

Casqued Oropendola
Casqued Oropendola (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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