Birds of the World


Yellow-rumped Cacique (Cacicus cela cela) Range: MA, SA: c Panama to n Bolivia and sc Brazil 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 (Cacicus chrysonotus leucoramphus) Range: SA: Andes from Colombia and w Venezuela to c Bolivia Putumayo, Colombia
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Golden-winged Cacique (Cacicus chrysopterus) Range: SA: c Bolivia to nc Argentina; s Brazil, e Paraguay, ne Argentina and Uruguay Chaco National Park, Argentina
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Red-rumped Cacique (Cacicus haemorrhous) Range: SA: Guiana Shield to Amazonia of e Colombia to n Bolivia, e Brazil, e Paraguay and n Argentina Brazil
Photograph by João Sérgio Barros F. de Souza © All Rights Reserved.

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Selva Cacique (Cacicus koepckeae) Near Threatened Range: SA: Peru

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Band-tailed Oropendola (Cacicus latirostris) Range: SA: várzea of w Amazonia from far sw Colombia to ec Peru and far w Brazil

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.


Scarlet-rumped Cacique (Cacicus microrhynchus microrhynchus) Range: MA, SA: e Honduras to sw Ecuador Soberania National Park, Panama
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Casqued Oropendola (Cacicus oseryi) Range: SA: terra firme of w Amazonia from far sw Colombia to far w Brazil and far n Bolivia Manu Birding Lodge, Madre de Dios, Peru
Photograph by Fernando Angulo Pratolongo © All Rights Reserved.


Ecuadorian Cacique (Cacicus sclateri) Range: SA: Ecuador, Peru Piamonte, Colombia Note all black with light eye.
Photograph by Ruiz Burbano Alexis Antonio © All Rights Reserved.

All black cacique with white eye.


Solitary Cacique (Cacicus solitarius) Range: SA: sw Venezuela, w, c Amazonia to n Argentina Ibera Wetlands, Carlos Pellegrini, Argentina
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Subtropical Cacique (Cacicus uropygialis) Range: MA, SA: w Venezuela through Andes to sc Peru Palestina, Huila, Colombia Note red rump missing from this photo.
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Similar to the Scarlet-rumped Cacique but found mostly on eastern Andean foothills. Moves with Russet-backed Oropendola.