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Red-rumped Cacique Nest

Cacicus haemorrhous

Photo by Dan Doucette
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

long, hanging bag shaped nest

Habitat:

transition zone between Atlantic coast rainforest and cerrado.

Notes:

I spotted this at Parque Natural do Caraca. I thought only Oropendulas build these type of nests, then I learned about Caciques.

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Comments (4)
Ashish
I see similar hanging nests of weaver birds 15 years ago close to mountain. Thanks for reminding it. I have a new mission in mind. They prefer mostly giant Palm tree.

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PublishedMay 26, 2011

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