Mountain cacique
| Mountain cacique | |
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| Northern mountain cacique in Papallacta, Ecuador | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Icteridae |
| Genus: | Cacicus |
| Species: | C. chrysonotus |
| Binomial name | |
| Cacicus chrysonotus Lafresnaye & D'Orbigny, 1838 | |
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| Distribution map of Mountain Cacique. Green: C. c. leucoramphus and C. c. peruvianus; red: C. c. chrysonotus. | |
| Synonyms | |
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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
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Cacicus chrysonotus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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