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Scarlet-rumped Cacique (Scarlet-rumped)

Cacicus microrhynchus

Classification

Class
Aves
Family
Icteridae

The scarlet-rumped cacique (Cacicus uropygialis) is a passerine bird species in the New World blackbird family Icteridae. This species has sometimes been split into two species: the scarlet-rumped cacique (Cacicus microrhynchus) and the subtropical cacique (Cacicus uropygialis). Taxonomy The scarlet-rumped cacique was formally described in 1843 by the French ornithologist Frédéric de Lafresnaye based on a specimen collected in Colombia.

Distribution

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