Mexican cacique

Mexican cacique
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Icteridae
Genus: Cassiculus
Swainson, 1827
Species: C. melanicterus
Binomial name
Cassiculus melanicterus
(Bonaparte, 1825)
Synonyms

Cacicus melanicterus

The Mexican cacique or yellow-winged cacique (Cassiculus melanicterus) is a species of cacique in the family Icteridae. It is found only on the west coast of Mexico and the northern-most edge of Guatemala. It is monotypic in its own genus.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and heavily degraded former forest.

The genus Cassiculus was introduced by the English ornithologist William John Swainson in 1827.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Cacicus melanicterus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. ↑ Swainson, William John (1827). "A synopsis of the birds discovered in Mexico by W. Bullock F.L.S. and H.S., and Mr. William Bullock, jun". Philosophical Magazine. New Series. 1: 433–442 [436] (concluded).
  3. ↑ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1968). Check-list of birds of the world. Volume 14. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 144.


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