Golden-winged Cacique - Cacicus chrysopterus

Golden-winged Cacique Cacicus chrysopterus

Brazilian name: tecelão

Golden-winged Cacique, Intervales, São Paulo, Brazil, April 2004 - click for larger image

São Paulo state, Brazil

The Golden-winged Cacique is distributed in south-east Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and adjacent Argentina. There is a disjunct population on the east slope of the Andes in southern Bolivia and northern Argentina. It is found in forest and deciduous woodland.

It is a small cacique with yellow shoulders and a yellow rump which does not extend very much up the back. The bill is greyish-blue and the iris is usually yellow, white or occasionally pale blue, as in the case of photos 1 and 2. It also has a short crest which is noticeable when raised as in photo 4.

Unlike the Yellow-rumped Cacique C. cela or the Red-rumped Cacique C. haemorrhous, the Golden-winged Cacique does not nest colonially. The nest is a similar hanging basket but it tends to be placed quite low in the trees.

Usually seen in small groups rather than flocks, it feeds on fruit and insects.

There are recordings and a distribution map on xeno-canto .

Golden-winged Cacique, Parque do Zizo, São Paulo, Brazil, November 2006 - click for larger image

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