Blue-eyed black bird

A bright blue-eyed black bird with a squarish beak sits on a branch. Anybody know what kind of bird this is?

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WildFlower

Lion

This is some kind of cacique bird.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cacique_%28bird%29 Posted 10 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  Very likely so! I think this one looks quite close:
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-rumped_cacique#mediaviewer/File:Red-rumped_Cacique.jpg
  
  What do you think? Posted 10 years ago
2. 1. morpheme
    
    Lion
    
    someone knows - he's got a bracelet ;) Posted 10 years ago
  2. 1. Ferdy Christant
      
      Lion
      
      Yes, true :) It was captured in a dutch zoo. Yet in a time (JungleDragon V1) where we did not yet have species identifications or even maps here, hence that kind of detail is not always on the photos. Posted 10 years ago
    2. 1. morpheme
        
        Lion
        
        lol.. I never even considered that he might be a zoo bird- we've lots of banded wild birds around here. Some get captured and banded multiple times. They get quite a collection of bangles. Posted 10 years ago
  3. WildFlower
    
    Lion
    
    I don't know, this one is similar too.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarlet-rumped_cacique
    http://ibc.lynxeds.com/photo/red-rumped-cacique-cacicus-haemorrhous/adult-males-territorial-display
    http://ibc.lynxeds.com/photo/subtropical-cacique-cacicus-uropygialis/bird-perched-branch Posted 10 years ago
  4. 1. Ferdy Christant
      
      Lion
      
      True, hard to tell without a full back feather shot. Posted 10 years ago

DR_M_Z

Lion

The combination of bright blue iris and pale-yellow bill on a cacique can be found in scarlet-rumped and yellow-rumped cacique. The scarlet rump colours can well be hidden, the yellow ones should be visible. Thus should be Scarlet-rumped Cacique. cp http://www.hbw.com/ibc/photo/scarlet-rumped-cacique-cacicus-microrhynchus/perched-bird

Posted 8 years ago, modified 8 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  Excellent, thanks a lot for identifying! Posted 8 years ago

The Scarlet-rumped cacique

The scarlet-rumped cacique is a passerine bird species in the New World family Icteridae. It breeds from eastern Honduras to Panama and in the Pacific lowlands of South America from western Colombia south to Ecuador, and in the lower reaches of the northern Andes. There are several subspecies, some of which have been proposed for elevation to full species status.

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Similar species: Perching Birds

Species identified by Ferdy Christant

By Ferdy Christant

Uploaded Jul 7, 2011. Captured Jul 7, 2011 09:06.

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