Cassicus

/kæˈsɪkəs/ noun

A genus of tropical American birds known as caciques, which have distinctive plumage and build hanging pouch nests.

Scientific Latin name, possibly derived from a Tupi or other indigenous Amazonian language word for this type of bird.

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