Yellow-rumped Cacique
Cacicus cela

f4 @ 1/1250s, ISO:800, Nikon D3S w 500mm

"Yellow-rumped Cacique," Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The yellow-rumped cacique is a passerine bird in the New World family Icteridae. It breeds in much of northern South America from Panama and Trinidad south to Peru, Bolivia and central Brazil. However, they have been sighted as far north as Nayarit state in Mexico. The male is in average 28 cm long and weighs about 104 g, with the female 23 cm long and weighing 60 g approximately. The yellow-rumped cacique is a slim bird, with a long tail, blue eyes, and a pale yellow pointed bill. It has mainly black plumage, apart from a bright yellow rump, tail base, lower belly and wing "epaulets". The female is duller black than the male, and the juvenile bird resembles the female, but has dark eyes and a brown bill base. The song of the male yellow-rumped cacique is a brilliant mixture of fluting notes with cackles, wheezes and sometimes mimicry. There are also many varied calls, and an active colony can be heard from a considerable distance.

Chagres River, Soberania National Park, Panama

02/26/2018