Thick-billed Saltator (Saltator maxillosus)

Family
Thraupidae (Tanagers)

Size
20 cm

First Described (Guide)
Cabanis, 1851

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist montane forest. From 900 - 2,200 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Brazil (B).

Unknown to Paraguay (E).

South-eastern Brazil (extreme south-eastern Bahia and extreme eastern Minas Gerais south to Paran� and Rio Grande do Sul) and extreme north-eastern Argentina (Misiones).

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 (5)...)

Thick-billed Saltator (Saltator maxillosus) [XC471126]
by Fernando Igor de Godoy from Pico da Caled\u00f4nia, Nova Friburgo, RJ, Brazil (call)

Thick-billed Saltator (Saltator maxillosus) [XC308653]
by Jeremy Minns from Praia Grande, Praia Grande, Santa Catarina, Brazil (call)

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). Closely allied to Black-cowled Saltator (Saltator nigriceps) and Golden-billed Saltator (Saltator aurantiirostris) and interbreeding with latter has been reported, but recent studies state that there is little or no interbreeding.

References
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