Mountain cacique

Mountain cacique
	Northern mountain cacique in Papallacta, Ecuador
	Cacicus leucoramphus - Northern Mountain Cacique
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Icteridae
Genus:	Cacicus
Species:	C. chrysonotus
Binomial name
	Cacicus chrysonotus; Lafresnaye & D'Orbigny, 1838
	Distribution map of Mountain Cacique. Green: C. c. leucoramphus and C. c. peruvianus; red: C. c. chrysonotus.
Synonyms
	Cacicus leucoramphus (Bonaparte, 1844)

The mountain cacique (Cacicus chrysonotus) is a species of bird in the family Icteridae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

It is sometimes split as:

Southern mountain cacique (Cacicus (chrysonotus) chrysonotus)
Northern mountain cacique (Cacicus (chrysonotus) leucoramphus)

References[]

^ BirdLife International (2017). "Cacicus chrysonotus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22731290A119450062. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22731290A119450062.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

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[iucn_status_12_November_2021-1] BirdLife International (2017). "Cacicus chrysonotus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22731290A119450062. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22731290A119450062.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

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