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).