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Genus: Saltator (16 species)

Saltators (genus Saltator) are medium to large tanagers with short thick bills. They were once grouped with Grosbeaks (family Cardinalidae).


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Lesser Antillean Saltator (Saltator albicollis)
Range: NA: Lesser Antilles
   



Black-headed Saltator
Black-headed Saltator (Saltator atriceps)
Range: MA: e Mexico to Panama
Chilamate de Sarapiqui, Costa Rica   		   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.
The largest species of saltator.


Black-winged Saltator
Black-winged Saltator (Saltator atripennis)
Range: SA: w, c Colombia and w Ecuador
ProAves Chestnut-capped Piha Reserve, Anorí, Antioquia, Colombia
  A large saltator (tanager). 		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

With nesting material.

Golden-billed Saltator
Golden-billed Saltator (Saltator aurantiirostris albociliaris)
Range: SA: w, sc
Ollantaytambo, Peru   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.
With different shades of brown across large range. Immature has black bill with gold tip (HBW) but gold tip is difficult to see.
Additional photo.

Masked Saltator
Masked Saltator (Saltator cinctus)
Range: SA: wc Colombia to nc Peru
  		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.
Rare and local. Note long sectioned tail.

Bluish-grey Saltator
Bluish-grey Saltator (Saltator coerulescens coerulescens)
Range: SA: widespread
Pousada Rio Claro, Pantanal, Brazil   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Black-throated Grosbeak
Black-throated Grosbeak (Saltator fuliginosus)
Range: SA: e Paraguay, ne Argentina and s, se Brazil
Itatiaia National Park, Brazil   		   
Photograph by João Sérgio Barros F. de Souza   © All Rights Reserved.


Cinnamon-bellied Saltator
Cinnamon-bellied Saltator (Saltator grandis brevicaudus)
Range: MA: Mexico to Costa Rica
San Rafael de Alajuela, Costa Rica   		   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.


Slate-colored Grosbeak
Slate-colored Grosbeak (Saltator grossus saturatus)
Range: MA, SA: Honduras to sw Ecuador and Amazonia
Rio Blanco, Guapiles, Costa Rica   		   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.


Thick-billed Saltator
Thick-billed Saltator (Saltator maxillosus)
Range: SA: ne Argentina and s, se Brazil
Santa Catarina, Brazil   		   
Photograph by João Sérgio Barros F. de Souza   © All Rights Reserved.


Buff-throated Saltator
Buff-throated Saltator (Saltator maximus maximus)
Range: MA, SA: widespread
Minca, Magdalena, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Black-cowled Saltator
Black-cowled Saltator (Saltator nigriceps)
Range: SA: far s Ecuador and n Peru
Abra Porculla, Peru   		   
Photograph by Jason Leifester   © All Rights Reserved.


Olive-grey Saltator
Olive-grey Saltator (Saltator olivascens plumbeus)
Range: SA: n Colombia to Trinidad and n Brazil
Medellin, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Immature is olive with yellow brow and front.

Orinoco Saltator
Orinoco Saltator (Saltator orenocensis rufescens)
Range: SA: Colombia and Venezuela
Los Flamencos Wildlife Sanctuary, Camarones, La Guajira, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Green-winged Saltator
Green-winged Saltator (Saltator similis ochraceiventris)
Range: SA: sc
Intervales, Brazil   		   
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.
Timid. Likes semi-open or secondary forest.

Streaked Saltator
Streaked Saltator (Saltator striatipectus perstriatus)
Range: MA, SA: Costa Rica to Peru
Minca, Magdalena, Colombia
  Sometimes has an orange or orange-tipped bill. 		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

An individual with an orange-tipped billed.

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