The Yellow-rumped Cacique (Cacicus cela) comes from the bird's bright yellow patch on its rump, and from cacique from the Spanish word for "chief," which was likely given to this bird due to its prominent appearance. The scientific name Cacicus means Indian Chief in Spanish and cela is possibly a shortened form of the Greek word kelainos, meaning black. The yellow-rumped cacique favours forest edges and open habitats near bodies of water in the tropical and temperate evergreen forests of northern South America and Panama, south to Peru, Bolivia, and central Brazil.
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