Yellow-rumped Cacique

A small colony

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Christine Young

Lion

Those nests are awesome. I just read this:

"females build an enclosed, pouch-like, hanging nest that typically is place near Polistine wasp nests. This provides protection from mammals and botflies." (https://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/Species-Account/nb/species/yercac1/overview)

So, I guess the wasps kill the botfly larvae and also scare away mammalian predators. In this video, you can see the wasp nest (or, an ant nest as they refer to it):
Posted 5 years ago
1. NattyOne
  
  Lion
  
  That's fascinating Christine & I'm sure you're right with that, Cheers, thanks Posted 5 years ago
2. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  That's a cool fun fact! The video also demonstrates their beautiful song, which is highly complex. Posted 5 years ago
3. 1. Christine Young
    
    Lion
    
    Oh, yes! The song is so lovely! Posted 5 years ago
  2. NattyOne
    
    Lion
    
    a real beaut! Posted 5 years ago

The Yellow-rumped Cacique

The Yellow-rumped Cacique, ''Cacicus cela'', is a passerine bird in the New World family Icteridae. It breeds in much of northern South America from Panama and Trinidad south to Peru, Bolivia and central Brazil.

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Similar species: Perching Birds

Species identified by NattyOne