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Yellow-rumped Cacique (Cacicus cela)

Recanto Velhos Amigos - Cuiabá, MT, Brazil.

 

The species is found in much of northern South America from Panama and Trinidad south to Peru, Bolivia and central Brazil. It can even reach Mexico as a vagrant.

 

Known in Brazil as "xexéu".

 

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Aves

Order: Passeriformes

Suborder: Passeri

Family: Icteridae

Genus: Cacicus Lacepede, 1799

Species: C. cela (Linnaeus, 1758)

Binomial name: Cacicus cela

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Uploaded on October 24, 2017
Taken on September 10, 2017