Order: Passeriformes | Family: Icteridae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. No Data
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Amazonas, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Cusco, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Cusco, Peru
Status: The Yellow-billed Cacique is uncommon to rare in montane forests of the east slope of the Andes at elevations ranging between 2100-3350 m. It also occurs in the understory of humid and semi-deciduous forest in extreme northwest Peru, in Tumbes. The Yellow-billed Cacique also occurs in Co, Ec, and Bo.
Name in Spanish: Cacique de Pico Amarillo.
Sub-species: Yellow-billed Cacique (Amblycercus holosericeus flavirostris), Chapman, 1915. Pacific lowlands from W Colombia (Chocó) S to N Peru (Tumbes). (Amblycercus holosericeus australis), Chapman, 1919. Eastern Colombia S to Peru and C Bolivia (Santa Cruz).
Meaning of Name: Amblycercus: Gr. Amblus, amblunō= to blunt, blunt and kerkos= tail. holosericeus: Gr. Holos= complete and sērikos= silken.
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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.