Birds of Peru

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Genus: Saltator (7 species, 16 worldwide)

Saltators (genus Saltator) are medium to large tanagers with short thick bills. They were once grouped with Grosbeaks (family Cardinalidae).


Golden-billed Saltator
Golden-billed Saltator (Saltator aurantiirostris albociliaris)
Ollantaytambo, Peru   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.
With different shades of brown across large range. Immature has black bill with gold tip (HBW) but gold tip is difficult to see.
Additional photo.

Masked Saltator
Masked Saltator (Saltator cinctus)
  		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.
Rare and local. Note long sectioned tail.

Bluish-grey Saltator
Bluish-grey Saltator (Saltator coerulescens coerulescens)
Pousada Rio Claro, Pantanal, Brazil   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Slate-colored Grosbeak
Slate-colored Grosbeak (Saltator grossus saturatus)
Rio Blanco, Guapiles, Costa Rica   		   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.


Buff-throated Saltator
Buff-throated Saltator (Saltator maximus maximus)
Minca, Magdalena, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Black-cowled Saltator
Black-cowled Saltator (Saltator nigriceps)
Abra Porculla, Peru   		   
Photograph by Jason Leifester   © All Rights Reserved.


Streaked Saltator
Streaked Saltator (Saltator striatipectus perstriatus)
Minca, Magdalena, Colombia
  Sometimes has an orange or orange-tipped bill. 		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

An individual with an orange-tipped billed.

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