Casqued Cacique

Cacicus oseryi Deville, 1849

Casqued Cacique, Cacicus oseryi, is a passerine of the western Amazon Basin in South America, recorded from far south-west Colombia through eastern Ecuador and Peru to far western Brazil, with breeding also in north-west Bolivia. It lives in terra firme forest and várzea forest, and is most often associated with the wetter forest type for nesting. The bird is marked by a prominent casque, larger in males than females, and the sexes share the same plumage. It was first described in 1849 and belongs to the Icteridae, the family of oropendolas, New World orioles and blackbirds.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Icteridae — Oropendolas, New World Orioles, Blackbirds

Breeding range

South America: terra firme of w Amazonia from far sw Colombia to far w Brazil and far n Bolivia