Red-rumped cacique
| Red-rumped cacique | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Icteridae |
| Genus: | Cacicus |
| Species: | C. haemorrhous |
| Binomial name | |
| Cacicus haemorrhous (Linnaeus, 1766) | |
The red-rumped cacique (Cacicus haemorrhous) is a species of bird in the family Icteridae. It is a species of the Amazon Basin and the Guyanas in northern South America, and is only coastal there in the Guyanas and the Amazon River outlet to the Atlantic; a separate large disjunct range exists in all of south-eastern and coastal Brazil, including Paraguay, and parts of north-eastern Argentina. It is also found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
The red-rumped cacique's natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, and heavily degraded former forest.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Cacicus haemorrhous". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cacicus haemorrhous. |
- Red-rumped cacique videos - Internet Bird Collection
- Stamps (for Suriname) with range map – (shows disjunct range on south-east coastal Brazil)
- Red-rumped cacique photo gallery - VIREO Photo-High Res
- Photo; Article-(High Res: photo gallery: Nest, preening, Surinam map, etc.) - webserv.nhl.nl
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