BLACK-THROATED SALTATOR Saltator atricollis CERRADO
Saltators are a group of huge-billed birds, superficially similar to Grosbeaks, with sweet thrush-like voices. The Black-throated Saltator is the cerrado representative of the group, and, on account of their keen eyesight and willingness to alarm call at the slightest provocation, are one of the focal species around which cerrado mixed flocks form. This species lacks the strong head pattern of other Saltators, but his bright orange bill more than makes up for it!
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FIGURE 1 - (FPAVE1457PH) Adult dorsal, Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Paul Smith October 2008).
FIGURE 2 - (FPAVE1458PH) Adult, Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Paul Smith September 2006).
FIGURE 3 - (FPAVE1459PH) Adult, Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Paul Smith November 2005).
FIGURE 4 - (FPAVE1460PH) Same individual as (FPAVE1459PH) upperwing (Paul Smith November 2005)
FIGURE 5 - (FPAVE2378PH) Adult, Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (John T. Smit January 2011  http://science.naturalis.nl/smitj).
FIGURE 6 - (FPAVE2379PH) Same individual as (FPAVE2378PH) head detail (John T. Smit January 2011  http://science.naturalis.nl/smitj).
VIDEO - (FPAVE1461VI) Adult, Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Paul Smith October 2008).
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Saltator atricollis
1 (FPAVE1462RE) Pair singing after playback  recorded Aguara-Ñu, Mbaracayú Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Canindeyú (Juan Mazar Barnett January 1997).
2 (FPAVE1463RE) Call recorded Sapucai, Departamento Caazapá (Myriam Velázquez February 2000).
3 (FPAVE1464RE) Song recorded Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Myriam Velázquez June 2000).
4 (FPAVE1465RE) Song recorded Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Myriam Velázquez June 2000).
5 (FPAVE1466RE) Single calls recorded Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Myriam Velázquez April 2000).
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