Mexican Cacique
Cassiculus melanicterus(Bonaparte, CLJL, 1825)
English (US) Mexican Cacique
The Mexican Cacique (Cassiculus melanicterus) 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: Pacific lowlands of western Mexico (southeastern Sonora) to southeastern GuatemalaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Cassiculus melanicterus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Mexican Cacique
- Described by
- (Bonaparte, CLJL, 1825)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Icterus melanicterus
- Described by
- (Bonaparte, CLJL, 1825)
- Type locality
- Mexico ; restricted to Temascaltepec, Mexico by van Rossem, 1945, Occas. Papers Mus. Zool. Louisiana State Univ., no. 21, p. 234.
- Original description
- Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 4, pt.2, no.12 p.389
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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