Oropendolas, New World Orioles, Blackbirds

Mountain Cacique

Cacicus chrysonotus

The Mountain Cacique (Cacicus chrysonotus) is an 80 g forest bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Oropendolas, New World Orioles, Blackbirds

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

80 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

4

Recorded in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia.

Where to see it: Cabañas San Isidro (Ecuador); Reserva Ecológica Río Blanco · Lodge (Colombia); Cock-of-the-Rock Lodge & Manu Paradise Lodge (Peru); Sadiri Lodge (Bolivia); Alto Anchicayá - El Descanso (Doña Dora) (Colombia).

Photo: (c) Christoph Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist