Order: Passeriformes | Family: Thraupidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Apurimac, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Cuzco, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Cajamarca, Peru
Age: Juvenile | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Cuzco, Peru
Status: The Golden-billed Saltator is fairly common in scrub habitats, hedgerows, and gardens on the west slope of the Andes and inter-Andean valleys at elevations ranging between 2100 – 4200 m. It also occurs in Br, Bo, and Ch.
Name in Spanish: Saltador de Pico Dorado.
Sub-species: Golden-billed Saltator (Saltator aurantiirostris iteratus), Chapman, 1927. N Peru (temperate zones of Cajamarca, Amazonas, Libertad, and Ancash).
(S. a. albociliaris) (R. A. Philippi and Landbeck), 1861. C & S Peru (subtropical and temperate zones from Ancash and Huánuco S to Puno and Tacna) and extreme N Chile (Arica).
Meaning of Name: Saltator: L. saltator, saltatoris dancer, saltare= to dance. aurantiirostris: L. aurantius orange-coloured and rostris, rostrum= billed, beak.

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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 03/01/2016.