Yellow-rumped Cacique, a brilliant weaver скачать в хорошем качестве

Yellow-rumped Cacique, a brilliant weaver

The Yellow-rumped Cacique is found in tropical South America from Panama to central Brazil. It prefers forest edges, woodland and some semi-open habitats. It is very gregarious and large noisy flocks can be seen flying over the Amazon and Orinoco Basin plains, particularly at dawn and dusk as the flocks move from their overnight roost to their feeding grounds and back again. They nest colonially in conspicuous hanging basket type nests which are usually built close to a wasps' nest. Yellow-rumped Cacique eggs and nestlings often fall prey to toucans, aracaris and monkeys and the wasps seem to offer some protection against these predators. They polygamous birds with many females in the colony attending each one several birds at a time. They are experts imitating other birds, they have fooled the author many times. About the video A Cacique eating mango fruit while another one calls for territory nearby. Then he goes to drink in a nearby pond. After that the breeding behavior at a colony is shown, with the dominant male giving orders thru the different elaborate calls. Finally a spectacle witnessed by few people and captured for the first time on film on the venezuelan llanos, a rusting place with thousand individuals making a deafening noise that can be heard many hundreds of yards away. Nothing compares to the look and majestuosity of a wild animal. Lets keep them where do they belong. Note: This old video is a low resolution copy so it is recommended to be seen in phones or reducing the size of the screen when playing back.