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RED-RUMPED CACIQUE Cacicus haemorrhous
Your first encounter with a colony of Red-rumped Caciques is an experience you will never forget. The first thing you will notice are the strange hanging basket nests that the birds build, so many being crammed into a single tree that the branches bend under the weight. But even more startling is the cacophany of noise that a colony produces, such a weird collection of buzzing, whistling, jarring and raucous sounds that it is difficult to believe that they all come from a single species of bird. Spend a little time watching a colony and it won“t be long before you see a male engaged in his comical display, doing his best to charm the much smaller female.
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FIGURE 1 - (FPAVE3447PH) Adult, Mbaracayś Forest Reserve, Departamento Canindeyś (Paul Smith September 2006).
FIGURE 2 - (FPAVE3448PH) Adult male displaying to female (note size difference), Mbaracayś Forest Reserve, Departamento Canindeyś (Paul Smith September 2006).
FIGURE 3 - (FPAVE3449PH) Female leaving nest, Mbaracayś Forest Reserve, Departamento Canindeyś (Paul Smith September 2006).
FIGURE 4 - (FPAVE3450PH) Nest colony, Mbaracayś Forest Reserve, Departamento Canindeyś (Paul Smith September 2006).
VIDEO A - (FPAVE3445VI) Male displaying, Mbaracayś Forest Reserve, Departamento Canindeyś (Paul Smith September 2006).
VIDEO B - (FPAVE3446VI) Female nest building, Mbaracayś Forest Reserve, Departamento Canindeyś (Paul Smith September 2006).
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Cacicus haemorrhous
1 (FPAVE3443RE) Sounds from colony  recorded Mbaracayś Forest Reserve, Departamento Canindeyś (Paul Smith October 2008).
2 (FPAVE3444RE) Calls  recorded Puerto Bertoni, Departamento Alto Paranį (Myriam Velįzquez September 2008).
Click the link to hear the call. Longer versions of this call can be downloaded from the Paraguay page of our partner website Xeno-Canto - the largest collection of freely downloadable Neotropical bird calls available online.