Listen to the Yellow-rumped cacique
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About the Yellow-rumped cacique
The Yellow-rumped cacique is a bird in the family Icteridae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults weigh around 5 g.
What does the Yellow-rumped cacique sound like?
Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round. Listening for both helps with identification.
The recordings here are labelled as calls, call and song. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The yellow-rumped cacique (Cacicus cela) is a passerine bird in the New World family Icteridae. It breeds in much of northern South America from Panama, Venezuela and Trinidad south to Peru, Bolivia and central Brazil. However, they have been sighted as far north as Nayarit state in Mexico.
Related birds in the genus Cacicus
More from the family Icteridae
Red-winged blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceus
Brown-headed cowbird
Molothrus ater
Baltimore oriole
Icterus galbula
Venezuelan troupial
Icterus icterus
Common grackle
Quiscalus quiscula
Great-tailed grackle
Quiscalus mexicanus
Shiny cowbird
Molothrus bonariensis
Yellow-headed blackbird
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Eastern meadowlark
Sturnella magna
Giant cowbird
Molothrus oryzivorus
Crested oropendola
Psarocolius decumanus
Frequently asked questions
What does a Yellow-rumped cacique sound like?
You can hear 6 recordings of the Yellow-rumped cacique on this page, including its calls, call and song. Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round.
Is the Yellow-rumped cacique endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Yellow-rumped cacique as “least concern”.
What family does the Yellow-rumped cacique belong to?
The Yellow-rumped cacique (Cacicus cela) belongs to the family Icteridae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Call · Morona-Santiago: e-slope Cord. de Cutucú: Unnsuants, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Zamora-Chinchipe: 1-2 km W Shaimi, Nangaritza Valley… by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Zamora-Chinchipe: 'Cabañas Yankuam' 2 km S Las Orchideas… by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Calls · Orellana: 'Maxus' road km 37 (27 km SSE Pompeya), Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Calls · Morona-Santiago: e-slope Cord. de Cutucú: Unnsuants, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Calls · Orellana: s-bank Río Napo: between Añangu and Laguna… by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q580297 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Yellow-rumped cacique – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Hector Bottai – CC BY-SA 4.0