Cacicus uropygialis
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In 3 days ~70% 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 →
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Scarlet-rumped Cacique sighting in Utría National Natural Park on a given day, based on 38 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 22nd most-seen of the 154 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March and August–September
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Scarlet-rumped Cacique in Utría National Natural Park on a given day, against about 20% in February and July, the lowest months. April, June and December have too few records to rate.
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.
3rd of 22
Of the 22 parks where we can rate Scarlet-rumped Cacique sightings, Utría National Natural Park ranks 3rd at about 30%. The best odds are in Soberanía National Park (Panama, about 40%) and Piedras Blancas National Park (Costa Rica, about 40%). 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 Utría National Natural Park (38 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.
