Cacicus uropygialis
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In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
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 →
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Scarlet-rumped Cacique sighting in Piedras Blancas National Park on a given day, based on 936 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 30th most-seen of the 344 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June and August
In those months about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Scarlet-rumped Cacique in Piedras Blancas National Park on a given day, against about 20% in February, the lowest month.
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.
Among the best
Of the 22 parks where we can rate Scarlet-rumped Cacique sightings, Piedras Blancas National Park ranks 2nd at about 40%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Soberanía National Park (Panama, about 40%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Icteridae
The closest relatives of the Scarlet-rumped Cacique that you can see in Piedras Blancas National Park (family Icteridae, New World Blackbirds and Orioles) are Great-tailed Grackle (about 40%), Red-breasted Blackbird (about 30%) and Baltimore Oriole (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Scarlet-rumped Cacique is recorded against all the birds logged in Piedras Blancas National Park (936 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.
