Biology:Mountain cacique

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Short description: Species of bird

Mountain cacique
Northern Mountain Cacique (Cacicus chrysonotus).jpg
Northern mountain cacique in Papallacta, Ecuador
File:Cacicus leucoramphus - Northern Mountain Cacique XC242282.mp3
Cacicus leucoramphus - Northern Mountain Cacique
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Icteridae
Genus: Cacicus
Species:
C. chrysonotus
Binomial name
Cacicus chrysonotus
d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1838
Cacicus chrysonotus map.svg
Distribution map of Mountain Cacique. Green: C. c. leucoramphus and C. c. peruvianus; red: C. c. chrysonotus.
Synonyms

Cacicus leucoramphus (Bonaparte, 1844)

The mountain cacique (Cacicus chrysonotus) is a species of bird in the family Icteridae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

It is sometimes split as:

  • Southern mountain cacique (Cacicus (chrysonotus) chrysonotus)
  • Northern mountain cacique (Cacicus (chrysonotus) leucoramphus)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1300883 entry