Registro de "Cacique Mexicano"


material used was Cocos nucifera grains (31.25 %). The interior platform of the nest had
three levels: lower, middle, and upper. The average height of nests was 9. 72m (DS  0.09);
the tallest one was at 18m (2.72 %) and the lowest one was at 6m (5.41 %). The nests were
located mainly at the edge of branches of the second canopy (78.38 %). The main species
of trees used for nesting were Enterolobium cyclocarpum and Albizia niopoides, both with
40 %. The highest number of nests per tree was two (18.92 %). Transect 1 had the largest
number of nests (21.62 %). Seventy percent of nests were orientated to the north. Forty
percent of the nests were close to houses and 38% to cattle buildings, while 22% were
near aquaculture ponds.
Palabras Clave: Icteridae, Cacicus melanicterus, Los Cbanos, anidacin, El Salvador
Key words: Icteridae, Cacicus melanicterus, Los Cbanos, nesting, El Salvador


Introduccin
 Peterson y Chalif (1994) mencionan
que Cacicus melanicterus solo ocurre en
las tierras bajas del Pacfico de Mxico,
desde el sur de Sonora hasta Chiapas.
Segn Howell y Webb (1995), la especie
es resident comn a muy comn desde
el nivel del mar hasta los 1500m en
la vertiente Pacfica, desde el sur de


Sonora hasta Chiapas, y a lo largo del
desage de Balsas, al suroeste de Mxico.
Mencionan adems que se encuentra en La
Avellana, Guatemala, donde ha colonizado
recientemente1.
 En el Museo de Historia Natural de
la Universidad de Kansas se cuenta con
una coleccin de 51 pieles de studios
procedentes de Mxico. De estas, 33


Cacicus malanicterus, Glen Tepke, fotgrafo, www.pbase.com/gtepke/


Zeledonia 13: 1 Junio 2009