New World Blackbirds (Icteridae)
Yellow-rumped Cacique (Cacicus cela) - HBW 16, p. 749
French: Cassique cul-jaune
German: Gelbbürzelkassike
Spanish: Cacique Lomiamarillo
Other common names: Lawrence’s/Saffron-rumped Cacique (vitellinus, flavicrissus)
Taxonomy: Parus Cela Linnaeus, 1758, “in Indiis”; error = Suriname.
Analysis of mitochondrial DNA indicates closer relationship with C. uropygialis than with C. haemorrhous, being genetically rather distant from latter. Races form two distinctive groups, separated by Andes: W group (vitellinus and flavicrissus) possibly represents a separate species, differing from single-species “cela group” in plumage colour and voice. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- vitellinus Lawrence, 1864 - C Panama S to N & C Colombia (Santa Marta, Tolima).
- flavicrissus (P. L. Sclater, 1860) - W Ecuador and extreme NW Peru.
- cela (Linnaeus, 1758) - lowlands E of Andes from Colombia (including Caribbean coast near Santa Marta), most of Venezuela, Trinidad, and the Guianas S to C Bolivia (Santa Cruz) and S Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul); also, coastal E Brazil (Pernambuco S to SE Bahia).
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Several birds entering and leaving their nests Locality Amazonia Lodge, Kosñipata Valley, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru (ssp cela)
Josep del Hoyo 4 August 2005 5 years ago 31 sec 4.8 -
A breeding colony with a number of birds moving, calling and displaying Locality Sacha Lodge, Orellana Province, Ecuador (ssp cela)
Josep del Hoyo 31 August 2007 3 years ago 56 sec 4.7 -
An active breeding colony above a small river Locality Sacha Lodge, Orellana Province, Ecuador (ssp cela)
Josep del Hoyo 31 August 2007 3 years ago 52 sec 4.7 -
A bird displaying inside a small colony. Locality Nieuw-Amsterdam, Commewijne District, Suriname (ssp cela)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 20 February 2011 26 weeks ago 25 sec 4.7 -
A bird displaying on top of the nest, its mate finally entering it Locality Amazonia Lodge, Kosñipata Valley, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru (ssp cela)
Josep del Hoyo 2 August 2005 6 years ago 40 sec 4.6 -
A bird calling and displaying on top of its nest Locality Amazonia Lodge, Kosñipata Valley, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru (ssp cela)
Josep del Hoyo 2 August 2005 6 years ago 46 sec 4.5
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Dorsal view
Locality La Aurora Reserve, Paz de Ariporo, Casanare Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 31 December 2011 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4 -
Carrying material to build the nest.
Locality Iranduba, Amazonas State, Brazil
Ingrid Macedo 28 June 2008 36 weeks ago 4 -
A bird calling on a babanas' raceme.
Locality Finca La Pomarrosa, Barlovento, Miranda State, Venezuela (ssp cela)
Eduardo López 30 December 2007 2 years ago 3.7 -
Erect a bird on a branch. Orinoco delta.
Locality Venezuela (Monotypic species)
Boguslaw Roguski 18 February 2010 1 year ago 3.5 -
Yellow-rumped Cacique at nest
Locality Napo Wildlife Center, Orellana Province, Ecuador
Ron Flemal 10 September 2008 2 years ago 3.3 -
on a branch
Locality Puerto López, Meta Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 20 March 2011 46 weeks ago 3.2
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Song of males displaying Locality Awala-Yalimapo, French Guiana
Patrick Ingremeau 23 July 2008 1 year ago 4.5 -
Calls and mimicry Locality Floresta Amazonica Hotel, Mato Grosso State, Brazil
(ssp cela)
Bradley Davis 18 January 2006 2 years ago 4.5 -
calls and whisper song Locality Sacha Lodge, Orellana Province, Ecuador
(ssp cela)
Claus Fischer 26 April 2010 1 year ago 3 -
calls Locality Sacha Lodge, Orellana Province, Ecuador
(ssp cela)
Claus Fischer 26 April 2010 1 year ago 3
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