Yellow-rumped Cacique
Cacicus cela
(L 8.5-9.25" Wt 2.12-3.67oz)
Has benefited from the more
open habitat created by forest
clearance and ranching.
open habitat created by forest
clearance and ranching.
Sacha Lodge
17Mar2017
Eight degrees from the equator,
From the southward counting northward,
Lies the land of the Cacique,
Lies the region of San Blas.
(James Stanley Gilbert)
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Cacicus is Spanish for cacique
or
oriole; cela is possibly a shorthand
for the Greek kelainos for black.
oriole; cela is possibly a shorthand
for the Greek kelainos for black.