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Yellow-rumped Cacique
Cacicus cela
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About the Yellow-rumped Cacique
The yellow-rumped cacique (Cacicus cela) is a passerine bird in the New World family Icteridae. It breeds in much of northern South America from Panama, Venezuela and Trinidad south to Peru, Bolivia and central Brazil. However, they have been sighted as far north as Nayarit state in Mexico.
Source: Wikipedia
Classification
- Scientific name
- Cacicus cela
- Family
- Troupials and Allies
- Order
- Passeriformes
Similar species
Other members of the troupials and allies family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.
- Altamira Oriole Icterus gularis
- Audubon's Oriole Icterus graduacauda
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Bar-winged Oriole Icterus maculialatus
- Black-backed Oriole Icterus abeillei
- Black-cowled Oriole Icterus prosthemelas
- Black-vented Oriole Icterus wagleri
- Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
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