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Yellow-Billed Cacique
La Fortuna, Arenal, Costa Rica (2014).
Yellow-billed caciques are large song birds. Color black for both males and females. Males, however, have a more lustrous shine to their feathers than females. Both sexes also have a characteristic beak which is a whitish-yellow color. Their eyes irises are yellow as well. They range in size from 21.6 to 25.4 cm in length, and males are slightly larger than females.
Habitat:
Found in a garden next to woodlands near Cerro Chato, Costa Rica.
The yellow-billed cacique is a species of cacique in the family Icteridae. It is monotypic within the genus ''Amblycercus''. There is some question as to whether or not it is a true cacique.
The plumage is entirely black. The legs and feet are dark gray. The eye is yellow or yellow-orange. The bill is yellow with a gray tinge. Measures 23 cm long.
It is found in Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama,.. more
