Black-headed Saltator (Saltator atriceps)

Family
Thraupidae (Tanagers)

Size
25 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Lesson, 1832)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland and montane forest, subtropical and tropical dry forest. From sea-level - 1,800 m.

Range (Guide)

Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 500,000 - 4,999,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (40)...)

Black-headed Saltator (Saltator atriceps) [XC796800]
by Paul Driver from Pooks Hill Lodge (near Springfield), Cayo District, Belize (call)

Black-headed Saltator (Saltator atriceps) [XC800688]
by Paul Stufkens from San Antonio de Oriente, San Antonio de Oriente, Francisco Moraz\u00e1n Department, Honduras (song)

Subspecies
Affiliations of genus uncertain. Recent molecular-genetic analyses indicate that it does not belong with present family, and may be better placed with tanagers (Thraupidae).

The following 6 subspecies are recognised:

atriceps (Lesson, 1832) - Caribbean slope of Mexico from southern Tamaulipas southern (except south-eastern Veracruz and northern and central Yucat�n Peninsula) to eastern Costa Rica.
suffuscus Wetmore, 1942 - Sierra de Tuxtla, in south-eastern Veracruz (eastern Mexico).
raptor (Cabot, S, 1845) - South-eastern Mexico (Campeche, Yucat�n and Quintana Roo).
flavicrissus Griscom, 1937 - Guerrero east to central Oaxaca, in south-western Mexico.
peeti Brodkorb, 1940 - Pacific slope of eastern Oaxaca and Chiapas, in southern Mexico.
lacertosus Bangs, 1900 - Eastern Costa Rica (Talamanca) and Panama (east to Canal Zone; one record in Dari�n).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Black-headed Saltator (Saltator atriceps) - 10 files

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