Order: Passeriformes | Family: Icteridae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Eastern Andes, Colombia
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. No Data
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Eastern Andes, Colombia
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Amazonas, Peru
Identification & Behavior: ~28 cm (11 in) (male), 23 cm (9 in) (female). The Scarlet-rumped Cacique is solid black with a bright red rump. The iris is sky blue. The bill is pale yellowish. The tail and upper and undertail coverts are solid black. It is very similar to the Red-rumped Cacique but is distinguished by ranging at higher elevation on the east slope of the Andes, and a smaller size. The Scarlet-rumped Cacique forages in the canopy of montane forests.
Status: The Scarlet-rumped is uncommon in montane forests of the east slope of the Andes at elevations ranging between 900-2000 m. It also occurs in Co and Ec.
Name in Spanish: Cacique de Lomo Escarlata.
Sub-species: Scarlet-rumped Cacique (Cacicus uropygialis uropygialis), Lafresnaye, 1843.
Meaning of Name: Cacicus: Spanish Caique= Indian Chief. uropygialis: L. uropygium= rump.
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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 03/01/2016.