| Mexican cacique | |
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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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| Binomial name | |
| Cassiculus melanicterus (Bonaparte, 1825)
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Cacicus melanicterus | |
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.
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]
- ^ 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.