Cacicus uropygialis
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
The scarlet-rumped cacique (Cacicus uropygialis) is a passerine bird species in the New World blackbird family Icteridae. This species has sometimes been split into two species: the scarlet-rumped cacique (Cacicus microrhynchus) and the subtropical cacique (Cacicus uropygialis).
The scarlet-rumped cacique was formally described in 1843 by the French ornithologist Frédéric de Lafresnaye based on a specimen collected in Colombia. He coined the binomial name Cassicus uropygialis where the specific epithet is from Medieval Latin uropygium meaning "rump". The scarlet-rumped cacique is now one of ten species placed in the genus Cacicus that was introduced in 1799 by the French naturalist Bernard Germain de Lacépède.
Three subspecies are recognised: Cacicus uropygialis microrhynchus (Sclater, PL & Salvin, O, 1865) – far northeastern Honduras to eastern Panama (except Darién Province) Cacicus uropygialis pacificus Chapman, FM, 1915 – eastern Panama (Darién Province) to western Colombia and western Ecuador (El Oro)
Cacicus uropygialis uropygialis Lafresnaye, 1843 – Andes of Colombia to northwestern Venezuela, eastern Ecuador, and southeastern Peru Wikipedia →
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Scarlet-rumped Cacique sighting in Parque Natural Metropolitano on a given day, based on 205 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 111th most-seen of the 328 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January–February and May
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Scarlet-rumped Cacique in Parque Natural Metropolitano on a given day, against under 5% in March–April and June–December, the lowest months. Those are among Parque Natural Metropolitano's driest months, with about 110 mm of rain a month against 350 mm in July.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Scarlet-rumped Cacique sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
13th of 22
Of the 22 parks where we can rate Scarlet-rumped Cacique sightings, Parque Natural Metropolitano ranks 13th at about 10%. The best odds are in Soberanía National Park (Panama, about 40%), Piedras Blancas National Park (Costa Rica, about 40%) and Utría National Natural Park (Colombia, about 30%). All parks ranked.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Scarlet-rumped Cacique is recorded against all the birds logged in Parque Natural Metropolitano (205 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
