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Saltator
''Saltator'' is a genus of passerine birds in the tanager family Thraupidae that are found in Central and South America. They have thick bills, relatively long tails and strong legs and feet. Before the introduction of molecular genetic methods in the 21st century these species were placed in the cardinal family Cardinalidae. Taxonomy The genus was introduced by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1816 with the buff-throated saltator as the type species. The name is from the Latin ''saltator, saltatoris'' meaning "dancer". The saltators were traditionally grouped with the cardinals, either in the subfamily Cardinalinae within an expanded Emberizidae or in a separate family Cardinalidae. Molecular phylogenetic studies have shown that the saltators are embedded within the tanager family Thraupidae. Within the Thraupidae the genus ''Saltator'' is now placed with the genus ''Saltatricula'' in the subfamily Saltatorinae. The relationship of the subfamily to the other subf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olive-grey Saltator
The olive-grey saltator (''Saltator olivascens''), also known as the Caribbean grey saltator, is a quiet, grey-colored passerine bird in the tanager family Thraupidae, native to Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, far northern Brazil, and Trinidad. It was formerly considered conspecific with the greyish saltator (''Saltator coerulescens''), but was split as a distinct species by the IOC in 2021. The olive-grey saltator includes the subspecies ''brewsteri'' and ''plumbeus''. Taxonomy Previously grouped with the bluish-grey Saltator (''Saltator coerulescens'') and cinnamon-bellied saltator (''Saltator grandis'') into one species, the greyish saltator, the olive-grey saltator (''Saltator olivascens'') was split in 2021 by the IOC on the basis of vocal and genetic differences, as well as the fact that the three occupy different ranges. This species includes three subspecies, ssp. ''olivascens'', ''plumbeus,'' and ''brewsteri''. Description The olive-grey saltator has a thick, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thraupidae
The tanagers (singular ) comprise the bird family (biology), family Thraupidae, in the order Passeriformes. The family has a Neotropical distribution and is the second-largest family of birds. It represents about 4% of all avian species and 12% of the Neotropical birds. Traditionally, the family contained around 240 species of mostly brightly colored fruit-eating birds. As more of these birds were studied using modern molecular techniques, it became apparent that the traditional families were not monophyletic. ''Euphonia'' and ''Chlorophonia'', which were once considered part of the tanager family, are now treated as members of the Fringillidae, in their own subfamily (Euphoniinae). Likewise, the genera ''Piranga'' (which includes the scarlet tanager, summer tanager, and western tanager), ''Chlorothraupis'', and ''Habia (bird), Habia'' appear to be members of the family Cardinalidae, and have been reassigned to that family by the American Ornithological Society. Description T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buff-throated Saltator (24834629490)
The buff-throated saltator (''Saltator maximus'') is a seed-eating bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It breeds from southeastern Mexico to western Ecuador and northeastern Brazil. The buff-throated saltator is on average long and weighs . The adult has a slate-grey head with a white supercilium and a greenish crown. The upperparts are olive green, the underparts are grey becoming buff on the lower belly, and the throat is buff, edged with black. The thick convex bill and legs are black. Young birds are duller, and have a white-mottled blackish throat and breast, and brown markings on the lower underparts. The common call is a high '. Males duet melodiously with a warbled ''cheery cheery'' answered by ''cheery to you''. This is a species of dense vegetation. The buff-throated saltator feeds on fruit (e.g. of ''Cymbopetalum mayanum'' (Annonaceae), '' Trophis racemosa'' (Moraceae), and gumbo-limbo (''Bursera simaruba'')), buds, nectar and slow-moving insects. It forages at l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black-headed Saltator
The black-headed saltator (''Saltator atriceps'') is a seed-eating bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It breeds from central Mexico to eastern Panama. This bird is on average long and weighs . The adult has a slate-grey head with a whitish supercilium. The upperparts are yellowish green, the underparts are pale grey, and the throat is white edged with black. The thick convex bill is black and the legs are brown. Young birds are duller and have mottling on the breast and brown markings on the underparts. This species is similar to the buff-throated saltator but is larger and has a darker head and paler under parts with a yellow patch on the throat. The common call is a raucous . The song is a loud scratchy ''cher cher jur jur weeee'', often given by males as a duet. The black-headed saltator is a species of dense vegetation. The black-headed saltator feeds on fruit, buds, nectar, and slow-moving insects. It forages at low and mid-levels, sometimes with mixed species flock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bluish-grey Saltator
The bluish-grey saltator or Amazonian grey saltator (''Saltator coerulescens'') is a passerine bird in the tanager family Thraupidae that is widespread in semi-open habitats in tropical and subtropical South America. Two of its former subspecies groups, ''grandis'' (of Mexico and Central America) and ''olivascens'' (of northern South America and Trinidad), are now recognized as separate species, the cinnamon-bellied saltator and the Olive-grey saltator, olive-grey (or Caribbean grey) saltator. Taxonomy The bluish-grey saltator was species description, formally described in 1817 by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot under the binomial name ''Saltator coerulescens''. Vieillot based his description on the "Habia de la Ceja Blanca" that Félix de Azara had described in 1802 in his book on birds in Paraguay and the Río de la Plata. The specific epithet ''coerulescens'' is derived from Latin and means "bluish". ''Saltator coerulescens'' was formerly known as the greyish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
