Yellow-billed Cacique

It is found in Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela.

The Yellow-billed Cacique is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The Yellow-billed Cacique (Amblycercus holosericeus) is a species of bird in the Icteridae family. It is monotypic within the genus Amblycercus. It is found in Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded former forest. More

The yellow-billed cacique is a skulking bird of dense under-growth. They typically wander in the undergrowth in pairs or family groups. FEEDING ECOLOGY AND DIET Forage mostly in low thickets where they poke into rolled leaves, bamboo shoots, or hammer at branches to get insects. They have been observed following army ants to pick up insect prey. REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY Monogamous. More

the aberrant Yellow-billed Cacique (Amblycercus holosericeus), which constitutes a monotypic genus. Judging from mitochondrial DNA cytochrome b and NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 sequence (Price & Lanyon 2002), the aberrant oropendolas Band-tailed Oropendola (Ocyalus latirostris) and Casqued Oropendola, Psarocolius oseryi (Ocyalus oseryi?) seem to be closer to the caciques. Nesting colony of the Red-rumped Cacique (a single bird perched center-left). The caciques are birds associated with woodland or forest. More

Yellow-billed Cacique (Amblycercus holosericeus), which constitutes a monotypic genus. UserPolbot. More

Yellow-billed Cacique in Ecuador = "Cock-of-the-Rock" trip with Naturetrek 6 to 15 November 2009 All photographs copyright Paul Gale Bird Photography Birds of Ecuador GalleryOfBirds Home More

The Yellow-billed Cacique is classified as Least Concern by the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources). Answer verified with Encyclopedia.com Get more facts and information about Yellow-billed cacique at Encyclopedia.com. More