The Mexican cacique or yellow-winged cacique (Cassiculus melanicterus) is a species of cacique in the family Icteridae. It is found only on the west coast of Mexico and the northernmost edge of Guatemala. It is monotypic in its own genus.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Icteridae |
| Genus: | Cassiculus Swainson, 1827 |
| Species: | C. melanicterus
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| Cassiculus melanicterus (Bonaparte, 1825)
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Cacicus melanicterus | |
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and heavily degraded former forest.
The genus Cassiculus was introduced by the English ornithologist William John Swainson in 1827.[2][3]
References
edit- ^ BirdLife International (2020). "Cassiculus melanicterus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22724061A138241737. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22724061A138241737.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Swainson, William John (1827). "A synopsis of the birds discovered in Mexico by W. Bullock F.L.S. and H.S., and Mr. William Bullock, jun". Philosophical Magazine. New Series. 1: 433–442 [436] (concluded). doi:10.1080/14786442708674357.
- ^ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1968). Check-list of birds of the world. Vol. 14. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 144.
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