Oropendolas, New World Orioles, Blackbirds

Scarlet-rumped Cacique

Cacicus uropygialis

The Scarlet-rumped Cacique (Cacicus uropygialis) is a 61 g forest bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Oropendolas, New World Orioles, Blackbirds

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

61 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

7

Recorded in Costa Rica, Panama, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Nicaragua, Honduras.

Where to see it: El Pangán ProAves reserve (Colombia); Cabañas San Isidro (Ecuador); Pipeline Road · Parque Nacional Soberanía (Panama); Pipeline Road (Camino del Oleoducto) (Área general) (Panama); Canopy Tower (Panama).

Photo: (c) Kai Squires, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist