Mountain cacique
Northern mountain cacique in Papallacta, Ecuador
Cacicus leucoramphus - Northern Mountain Cacique
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Icteridae
Genus: Cacicus
Species:
C. chrysonotus
Binomial name
Cacicus chrysonotus
Distribution map of Mountain Cacique. Green: C. c. leucoramphus and C. c. peruvianus; red: C. c. chrysonotus.
Synonyms

Cacicus leucoramphus (Bonaparte, 1844)

The mountain cacique (Cacicus chrysonotus) is a species of bird in the family Icteridae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

It is sometimes split as:

  • Southern mountain cacique (Cacicus (chrysonotus) chrysonotus)
  • Northern mountain cacique (Cacicus (chrysonotus) leucoramphus)

References

  1. BirdLife International (2017). "Cacicus chrysonotus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22731290A119450062. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22731290A119450062.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.


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