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Yellow-rumped Cacique

Cacicus cela · Family Icteridae

Cacicus cela

Family Icteridae

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Icteridae
GBIF occurrence records
219,623
Countries and territories with records
17
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About this species

This species has 219,623 occurrence records from 17 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Colombia (23.3%), Ecuador (20.1%), Peru (19.9%), Brazil (16.9%) and Panama (8.5%); together they account for 88.8% of the total. In Colombia, this species accounts for 0.19% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Cacicus cela combines the genus name Cacicus with the species epithet cela. The Warbla app catalog lists 10 species of the genus Cacicus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Cacicus uropygialis, Cacicus haemorrhous and Cacicus solitarius.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 105 species of the family Icteridae. This species ranks 22nd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Agelaius phoeniceus. Its record count is 32.4% of the family average (677,230). The family Icteridae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.

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