Black-cowled Saltator (Saltator nigriceps) [XC259787]
by John V. Moore from Loja: Sozoranga area, Ecuador (song)
Black-cowled Saltator (Saltator nigriceps) [XC462274]
by Hans Matheve from San Pablo Province, Cajamarca, Peru (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).