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Solitary Cacique
Cacicus solitarius Vieillot, 1816
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Solitary Cacique - Pantanal - Brazil_H8O0547
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Open encyclopedia reference
The solitary cacique or solitary black cacique (Cacicus solitarius) is a species of bird in the family Icteridae.
It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, and heavily degraded former forest. It is a fairly common bird with a very extensive range so the IUCN has rated it as a "species of least concern".
Wikipedia contributors, Solitary cacique; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T05:40:46.940311+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Cacicus solitarius Vieillot, 1816
- Name authority
- Vieillot, 1816
- Common name
- Solitary Cacique
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Icteridae
- Genus
- Cacicus
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyIcteridae
- genusCacicus Lacépède, 1799
- speciesCacicus solitarius Vieillot, 1816
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Cacicus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Band-tailed CaciqueCacicus latirostris Swainson, 1838 | IcteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yellow-rumped CaciqueCacicus cela (Linnaeus, 1758) | IcteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Golden-winged CaciqueCacicus chrysopterus (Vigors, 1825) | IcteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Procacicus solitarius (Vieillot, 1816) (Vieillot, 1816) | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Vieillot, & Louis Pierre. (1816). Cassique. Nouveau Dictionnaire d’Histoire Naturelle, Appliquée Aux Arts, À l’Agriculture, À l’Économie Rurale et Domestique, À La Médecine, Etc. Par Une Société de Naturalisted et d’Agriculteurs Nouvelle Édition, Vol. 5. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:P5SJ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.