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English Name: Mountain Cacique
Scientific Name: Cacicus chrysonotus chrysonotus
Family: Icteridae (New World Blackbirds)
Age: Adult
Behaviour: Feeding on berries
Location: Wayqecha Cloud Forest Research Center
State / Province: Paucartambo Province, Cusco Region
Country: Peru
Continent: South America
Date: October 2009
Species Status: LEAST CONCERN
Taxonomic Notes: Cacicus chrysonotus (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) was previously split into C. chrysonotus and C. leucoramphus following Stotz et al. (1996), but this treatment is no longer adopted, following SACC (2005).
Alternative English Name: Southern Mountain Cacique