Black-headed saltator

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Black-headed saltator
Saltator atriceps -near Rancho Naturalista, Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica-8.jpg
At Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Saltator
Species:
S. atriceps
Binomial name
Saltator atriceps
(Lesson, 1832)
Saltator atriceps map.svg
showing white throat patch and black bib Black-headed saltator (Saltator atriceps) Copan.jpg
showing white throat patch and black bib

The black-headed saltator (Saltator atriceps) is a seed-eating bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It breeds from central Mexico to eastern Panama.

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This bird is on average 24 cm (9.4 in) long and weighs 85 g (3.0 oz). 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 deeeer. 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, [lower-alpha 1] buds, nectar, and slow-moving insects. It forages at low and mid-levels, sometimes with mixed species flocks.

The two black-marked pale blue eggs per clutch measure some 24–34 mm (0.94–1.34 in) long by about 18–23.5 mm (0.71–0.93 in) wide and weigh about 4.9–5.5 g (0.17–0.19 oz) each. [lower-alpha 2] They are laid in a bulky grass-lined cup nesting up to 3 m (9.8 ft) high in a thicket between April and July.

Footnotes

  1. e.g. of Cymbopetalum mayanum (Annonaceae). [2]
  2. i.e. large among Saltator eggs. [3] A specimen measuring 36.2 mm (1.43 in) long and 18.7 mm (0.74 in) wide seems to have an abnormal shape.

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Saltator atriceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22723869A94837548. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22723869A94837548.en . Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. Foster 2007.
  3. Echeverry-Galvis & Córdoba-Córdoba 2006.