Black-cowled Saltator (Saltator nigriceps)

Family
Thraupidae (Tanagers)

Size
22 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Chapman, 1914)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist montane forest, subtropical and tropical high altitude shrubland. From 800 - 2,400 m.

Range (Guide)

Ecuador, Peru.

Southern Ecuador (El Oro and Loja) and north-western Peru (Piura, extreme eastern Lambayeque and Cajamarca).

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

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (11)...)

Black-cowled Saltator (Saltator nigriceps) [XC243071]
by Niels Krabbe from Loja: Bosque de Hanne, 2 km WSW Utuana, Ecuador (song)

Black-cowled Saltator (Saltator nigriceps) [XC275145]
by Leonardo Ord\u00f3\u00f1ez-Delgado from Loja: Cerro Motil\u00f3n N of Celica, Ecuador (song)

Subspecies
No 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). Sometimes treated as conspecific with Golden-billed Saltator (Saltator aurantiirostris), but appears to differ vocally. Closely allied also with Thick-billed Saltator (Saltator maxillosus).

References
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