Lesser Antillean Saltator (Saltator albicollis)

Family
Thraupidae (Tanagers)

Size
22 cm

First Described (Guide)
Viellot, 1817

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry forest and shrubland. From sea-level - 1,850 m.

Range (Guide)

Dominica, Martinique, St Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago.

Vagrant to St Kitts And Nevis.

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 (8)...)

Lesser Antillean Saltator (Saltator albicollis) [XC285524]
by Jack Baddams from Petit Bourg, Petit-Bourg, Basse-Terre, France (song)

Lesser Antillean Saltator (Saltator albicollis) [XC589765]
by Simon Elliott from Mon Repos, Praslin, St Lucia (call, song)

Subspecies
Saltator albicollis (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Lesser Antillean Saltator (Saltator albicollis) and Streaked Saltator (Saltator striatipectus) following AOU (1998).

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). Formerly treated as conspecific with Streaked Saltator (Saltator striatipectus), but analyses of mitochondrial DNA clearly indicate that genetic differentiation sufficient to support treatment as two separate species. Subspecies guadelupensis not always distinguishable from nominate.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

guadelupensis Lafresnaye, 1844 - Guadeloupe and Dominica, in north-central Lesser Antilles.
albicollis Viellot, 1817 - Martinique and St Lucia, in central Lesser Antilles.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Lesser Antillean Saltator (Saltator albicollis) - 10 files

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