Mountain cacique

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

Mountain cacique
Northern mountain cacique in Papallacta, Ecuador
Scientific classification
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)

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 (2012). "Cacicus chrysonotus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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