Black-cowled saltator

The black-cowled saltator (Saltator nigriceps) is a seed-eating passerine bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It is found in the southern border region of Ecuador and the northern border region of Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Black-cowled saltator
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Thraupidae
Genus:	Saltator
Species:	S. nigriceps
Binomial name
Saltator nigriceps (Chapman, 1914)
Synonyms
Pitylus nigriceps (protonym)