Genus Saltator

 

Lesser Antillean Saltator - It is found in Dominica, Martinique, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Trinidad and Tobago. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and heavily degraded former forest.

 

Black-headed Saltator - The genus Saltator is apparently polyphyletic.

 

Black-throated Saltator - It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and dry savanna.

 

Black-winged Saltator - It is found in Colombia and Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

 

Golden-billed Saltator - The Golden-billed Saltator is a species of cardinal in the Emberizidae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay; also the regions of the southern pantanal, along the Paraguay River. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.

Grayish Saltator - On average, the Greyish Saltator is 20 cm long and weighs 52 g. The plumage depends on age and subspecies, but in general this bird has grey or greyish-olive upperparts, a white stripe over the eye, a narrow white throat, a grey breast and a buff or cinnamon belly.

 

Black-throated Grosbeak - It is found in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

 

Thick-billed Saltator - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, and heavily degraded former forest. However, some people keep them in greenhouses so that they can eat the plants. Alaska is becoming a major destination for these birds.

 

Buff-throated Saltator - This is the type species of Saltator. Consequently, it and its closest allies would retain the genus name when this apparently polyphyletic group is eventually split up.

Green-winged Saltator - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.

Order : Passeriformes
Family : Cardinalidae
Genus : Saltator