New World Blackbirds (Icteridae)
Northern Mountain Cacique (Cacicus leucoramphus) - HBW 16, p. 748
French: Cassique à bec blanc
German: Nordandenkassike
Spanish: Cacique Montano Norteño
Other common names: Golden-shouldered Cacique; Mountain Cacique (when treated as conspecific with C. chrysonotus)
Taxonomy: Xanthornus leucoramphus Bonaparte, 1845, “Bogotá”.
Formerly placed in genus Archiplanus. Often considered conspecific with C. chrysonotus. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- leucoramphus (Bonaparte, 1845) - Andes of W Venezuela (Táchira) and Colombia (all three cordilleras) S to SE Ecuador (Loja).
- peruvianus J. T. Zimmer, 1924 - E slope of Andes of Peru (Amazonas S to Junín).
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A bird arriving to the nest, entering and, then, leaving it. Locality Yanayacu Biological Station, Napo Province, Ecuador (ssp leucoramphus)
Yanayacu Biological Station 12 March 2006 3 years ago 49 sec 1.7 -
A bird inside the nest, arranging it and flying away. Locality Yanayacu Biological Station, Napo Province, Ecuador (ssp leucoramphus)
Yanayacu Biological Station 12 March 2006 3 years ago 18 sec 1.5 -
A bird at the nest, having a look at it for a while and flying away. Locality Yanayacu Biological Station, Napo Province, Ecuador (ssp leucoramphus)
Yanayacu Biological Station 12 March 2006 3 years ago 26 sec 1.5 -
A general view of a nest hanging in a tree. Locality Yanayacu Biological Station, Napo Province, Ecuador (ssp leucoramphus)
Yanayacu Biological Station 12 March 2006 3 years ago 26 sec 1
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Bird on a branch
Locality La Cocha Lake, Nariño Department, Colombia (ssp leucoramphus)
mauricio rueda 27 March 2010 2 years ago 2.7 -
an alarmed bird on a branch
Locality La Calera, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia (ssp leucoramphus)
mauricio rueda 1 November 2009 2 years ago 2
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Call Locality Iguaque National Sanctuary, Boyacá Department, Colombia
Libor Vaicenbacher 23 June 2011 15 weeks ago 4 -
calls from a single adult bird Locality Guacamayos Ridge, Napo Province, Ecuador
(ssp leucoramphus)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 16 December 2009 2 years ago 4
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