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title: "Cacicus melanicterus"
description: "Cassiculus melanicterus — Aves. The Mexican cacique or yellow-winged cacique (Cassiculus melanicterus) is a species of bird in the family Icteridae, the oropendolas, New World orioles, and New World blackbirds."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/yellow-winged-cacique
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Cacicus melanicterus

> Cassiculus melanicterus — Aves. The Mexican cacique or yellow-winged cacique (Cassiculus melanicterus) is a species of bird in the family Icteridae, the oropendolas, New World orioles, and New World blackbirds.

- Scientific name: *Cassiculus melanicterus*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 5465
- Wikidata: [Q25015846](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25015846)
- iNaturalist taxon: [367693](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/367693)

## Names

- en: Yellow-winged Cacique
- de: Haubenkassike
- es: Cacique mexicano
- fr: Cassique à ailes jaunes
- pt: Cacicus melanicterus
- pl: Kacyk meksykański

## Countries with the most observations

MX (5177)

## Summary

The Mexican cacique or yellow-winged cacique (Cassiculus melanicterus) is a species of bird in the family Icteridae, the oropendolas, New World orioles, and New World blackbirds. It is found in El Salvador,Guatemala and Mexico.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_cacique

## Photo

![Cacicus melanicterus](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/yellow-winged-cacique/medium.jpg)

Photo: Henggang Cui · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/264292826

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/yellow-winged-cacique?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).