Red-rumped cacique

Red-rumped Cacique
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
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 Icteridae family. 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 southeastern and coastal Brazil, including Paraguay, and parts of northeastern 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 2004. Cacicus haemorrhous. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 25 July 2007.

External links

• Red-rumped Cacique videos on the Internet Bird Collection
• Stamps (for Suriname) with RangeMap–(shows disjunct range on SEast 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