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Cacicus chrysopterus (Golden-winged Cacique)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Golden-winged Cacique (Cacicus chrysopterus) is a species of bird in the Icteridae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
View Wikipedia Record: Cacicus chrysopterus

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  36 grams
Female Weight [1]  32 grams
Male Weight [1]  41 grams
Weight Dimorphism [1]  28.1 %
Migration [2]  Migratory

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Map Climate Land
Use
Bolivian montane dry forests Bolivia Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests
Bolivian Yungas Bolivia Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Cerrado Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Serra do Mar coastal forests Brazil Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests  
Uruguayan savanna Uruguay, Brazil, Argentina Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Map Climate Land Use
Bosque Mbaracayú Biosphere Reserve V 691895 Paraguay  
Caaguazú National Park II 33073 Paraguay  
Defensores del Chaco National Park II 1792493 Paraguay  
El Palmar National Park II   Entre Rios, Argentina  
El Rey National Park II 110298 Salta, Argentina
Estancia el Trebol   Paraguay        
Estancia Fortín Patria   Paraguay        
Itatiaia National Park II 69730 Minas Gerais, Brazil  
Mata Atlântica Biosphere Reserve 72830565 Brazil  
Mburucuyá National Park II   Corrientes, Argentina  
Parque Nacional Iguazú National Park II 115949 Argentina  
Parque Nacional Serranía San Luis National Park II 29816 Paraguay  
Paso Bravo National Park 256207 Paraguay  
Río Negro National Park II 73775 Paraguay  
Río Pilcomayo National Park II 123699 Formosa, Argentina
Reserva Natural Otamendi Strict Nature Reserve Ia   Buenos Aires, Argentina  
San Rafael, Reserva de Recursos Manejados Managed Resource Reserve VI 165840 Paraguay  
Tinfunqué National Park 607935 Paraguay  
Ypoa National Park 303997 Paraguay  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website Map
Atlantic Forest Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay No
Cerrado Brazil No
Tropical Andes Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela No

Prey / Diet

Alchornea glandulosa (tamanqueiro)[3]
Cabralea canjerana[3]
Sloanea monosperma[3]
Tetrorchidium rubrivenium[3]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Baillonius bailloni (saffron toucanet)1
Cacicus haemorrhous (Red-rumped Cacique)2
Callicebus nigrifrons (southern masked titi monkey)1
Chlorophanes spiza (Green Honeycreeper)1
Cyanerpes caeruleus (Purple Honeycreeper)1
Dacnis cayana (Blue Dacnis)1
Lipaugus lanioides (Cinnamon-vented Piha)1
Oxyruncus cristatus (Sharpbill)1
Pyrrhura frontalis (Reddish-bellied Parakeet)1
Ramphastos dicolorus (Green-billed Toucan)1
Selenidera maculirostris (Spot-billed Toucanet)2
Tangara guttata (Speckled Tanager)1
Tangara gyrola (Bay-headed Tanager)1
Thraupis palmarum (Palm Tanager)1
Triclaria malachitacea (Blue-bellied Parrot)1

Range Map

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Citations

Species recognized by Peterson A.P., 11-Oct-2007, ITIS Global: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System in Catalog of Life 2011
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Belton, W. 1985. Birds of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Part 2: Formicariidae through Corvidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 180 (1): 1-242. ♦ 2Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org ♦ 3Feeding ecology of two Cacicus species (Emberizidae, Icterinae), Marco Aurélio Pizo, Ararajuba 4(2):87-92
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 gis.wwfus.org/wildfinder
Protected Areas provided by Biological Inventories of the World's Protected Areas in cooperation between the Information Center for the Environment at the University of California, Davis and numerous collaborators.
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Biodiversity Hotspots, Conservation International
Images provided by Wikimedia Commons licensed under a Creative Commons License
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Range map provided by Ridgely, R. S., T. F. Allnutt, T. Brooks, D. K. McNicol, D. W. Mehlman, B. E. Young, and J. R. Zook. 2007. Digital Distribution Maps of the Birds of the Western Hemisphere, version 3.0. NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia, USA.
Data provided by NatureServe in collaboration with Robert Ridgely, James Zook, The Nature Conservancy - Migratory Bird Program, Conservation International - CABS, World Wildlife Fund - US, and Environment Canada - WILDSPACE.
Weather provided by NOAA METAR Data Access
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