Saltator

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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.

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Saltator
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Bluish-grey saltator
Saltator coerulescens
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Saltator
Vieillot, 1816
Type species
Tanagra maximus[1]
Statius Muller, 1776
Species

Presently some 16, but see text.

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Taxonomy

The genus was introduced by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1816 with the buff-throated saltator as the type species.[2][3] The name is from the Latin saltator, saltatoris meaning "dancer".[4]

The saltators were traditionally grouped with the cardinals, either in the subfamily Cardinalinae within an expanded Emberizidae[5] or in a separate family Cardinalidae.[6] 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 subfamilies within the Thraupidae is uncertain.[7][8]

Species

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Perspective

The genus contains 16 species:[8]

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ImageCommon NameScientific nameDistribution
ThumbOrinoco saltatorSaltator orenocensisVenezuela, northeast Colombia
ThumbGreen-winged saltatorSaltator similisArgentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay
ThumbCinnamon-bellied (or northern grey) saltatorSaltator grandisMexico to Panama
ThumbOlive-grey (or Caribbean grey) saltatorSaltator olivascensColombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, far north Brazil and Trinidad
ThumbBluish-grey (or Amazonian grey) saltatorSaltator coerulescensWidely in tropical and subtropical South America
ThumbStreaked saltatorSaltator striatipectusColombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guadeloupe, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela.
ThumbLesser Antillean saltatorSaltator albicollisDominica, Martinique, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Saint Lucia.
ThumbBuff-throated saltatorSaltator maximussoutheastern Mexico to western Ecuador and northeastern Brazil.
ThumbBlack-winged saltatorSaltator atripennisColombia and Ecuador.
ThumbBlack-headed saltatorSaltator atricepscentral Mexico to eastern Panama.
ThumbBlack-cowled saltatorSaltator nigricepsEcuador and the northern border region of Peru.
ThumbBlack-throated grosbeakSaltator fuliginosusAtlantic Forest in far northeastern Argentina (Misiones), eastern and southeastern Brazil, and far eastern Paraguay
ThumbSlate-coloured grosbeakSaltator grossusthe Amazon in South America, but it is also found in forests of the Chocó in Ecuador and Colombia, and southern Central America from Panama to Honduras.
ThumbMasked saltatorSaltator cinctussouthern Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
ThumbThick-billed saltatorSaltator maxillosusAtlantic Forest in southeastern Brazil, far northeastern Argentina (only Misiones Province), and perhaps far eastern Paraguay.
ThumbGolden-billed saltatorSaltator aurantiirostrisArgentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay
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The rufous-bellied mountain saltator was formerly a member of this genus. It is now placed in the subfamily Thraupinae and is the only member of the genus Pseudosaltator. Its common name has been changed to rufous-bellied mountain tanager.[8] The black-throated saltator was also formerly assigned to this genus. It is now placed together with the many-colored Chaco finch in the genus Saltatricula as the two species form a divergent clade that is sister to the other members of Saltator.[8]

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