Red-rumped Cacique

The Red-rumped Cacique's natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, and heavily degraded former forest.

The Red-rumped 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 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. More

The Red-rumped Cacique is the most common form of Cacique in eastern Brazil. It is a large bird, quickly identified by its yellow bill, startling bright blue iris and red flash of colour on its rump, especially visible in flight. The rest of the bird is black. Sometimes the blue irises show as black, perhaps in juveniles or bright light, as can be seen in the photo of the juvenile begging for food. More

The Red-rumped Cacique (Cacicus haemorrhous) is found in 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. It is also found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela. A separate large disjunct range exists in all of southeastern and coastal Brazil, including Paraguay, and parts of northeastern Argentina. More

Your first encounter with a colony of Red-rumped Caciques is an experience you will never forget. The first thing you will notice are the strange hanging basket nests that the birds build, so many being crammed into a single tree that the branches bend under the weight. But even more startling is the cacophany of noise that a colony produces, such a weird collection of buzzing, whistling, jarring and raucous sounds that it is difficult to believe that they all come from a single species of bird. More

Red-rumped caciqueBirds in Suriname = - red-rumped cacique Cacique cul-rouge, Guaxe, Japira, Arrendajo rabadilla encarnada Above a photo made by Dennis Binda in Suriname in 2008, below some pictures made in the Burgers zoo in Arnhem, Holland by J.H. Ribot. The birds seem to be less common near houses than their cousins, the yellow-rumped caciques. They do however build their nests in colonies sometimes together with these cousins, even in villages. More

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-Medium Res; Article arthurgrosset Photo 2 of 2-(3 birds) Photo; Article- webserv.nhl.nl Didn't find what you were looking for. Need more information for your travel research or homework? Ask your questions at the forum about Birds of Argentina or help others to find answers. More

to evaluate the breeding success of red-rumped cacique in relation to three environments (lake edge, forest and swamp) in which colonies were established in an Atlantic Forest reserve in southeast Brazil. Seven colonies from the three environments were monitored during the breeding season of 2001. Overall probability of nest survival was 40.5%. We found that colonies established in the swamp presented higher nest survival than the others and the ones in the lake edge had lower survival. More