Scarlet-rumped Cacique
Cacicus uropygialis
Medium-sized forest bird, mostly black. Look for combination of bright red rump (visible in flight) and light blue eye. Long, pointed, pale yellow bill. Usually in small flocks moving through the canopy of forest and edges.
Taxonomy
- Scientific name
- Cacicus uropygialis
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Icteridae
- Genus
- Cacicus
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Distribution
Bird Calls
Other Birds

Sladen's Barbet
Gymnobucco sladeni
Dark, chunky barbet with an odd tuft of buff feathers on its forehead. Usually found in small groups on and around dead trees in lowland rainforest, gallery forest, and secondary growth. Sometimes occurs alongside Gray-throated Barbet. The vocalizations include nasal “squeaky toy” calls and agitated dry rattles. Gray-throated Barbet also has a dark bill, but Sladen’s Barbet is separated from that species by its largely unfeathered head.

Elliot's Pheasant
Syrmaticus ellioti
Pale and stocky-looking pheasant of hill forests with dense undergrowth; generally scarce due to poaching throughout its range. Male is unmistakable: mostly brown above with a white belly, silvery head, bright red face, and a long pale gray tail with thick russet bands. Female is smaller and shorter-tailed with a faded version of the male’s patterning. Can be quite tame in areas where are protected and fed by rural communities.

Micronesian Myzomela
Myzomela rubratra
A tiny bright red myzomela with dark blackish wings and tail, a blackish patch in front of the eye, and a decurved bill. Found widely in most habitats, mostly along forest edge and in scrub. The only myzomela in Micronesia. Voice is a mix of wheezing upslurred whistles and complex chattering and squeaking.
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