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Solitary Cacique

Cacicus solitariusVieillot, LJP, 1816

English (US) Solitary Cacique

The Solitary Cacique (Cacicus solitarius) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Icteridae (New World Blackbirds, Troupials, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.

Range: southwestern Venezuela (Táchira, Apure) southward through eastern Colombia (Meta), eastern Ecuador, and eastern Peru, Brazil (south of Amazon eastward to Ceará, Pernambuco and western Bahia; perhaps locally north of the Amazon River on Rio Branco, in Roraima) southward to northern and eastern Bolivia (Pando southeastward to Tarija), Chaco of Paraguay, northern and eastern Argentina (southward to Santiago del Estero, Santa Fe, and Buenos Aires) and western Uruguay (locally along Río Uruguay)Range summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name
Cacicus solitarius
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
English (US)
Solitary Cacique
Described by
Vieillot, LJP, 1816

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Taxonomic history

First described as
Cassicus solitarius
Described by
Vieillot, LJP, 1816
Type locality
Paraguay.
Original description
Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 5 p.364

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

See all 108 species of the family Icteridae