Grayish Saltator (Saltator coerulescens)

Order: Passeriformes Family: Thraupidae IUCN Status: Least Concern

grayish-saltator
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Loreto, Peru

grayish-saltator
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Amazonia, Brazil

grayish-saltator
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Amazonia, Brazil

grayish-saltator
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Southeast Peru


Identification & Behavior: ~20.5 cm (8 in). The Grayish Saltator is overall gray (darker on the upperparts) with a rusty lower belly and vent areas.  It has a pale and short superciliary and a black malar stripe. The throat is white. The bill is thick and blackish. Both sexes are similar. It is similar to the Buff-throated Saltator but is distinguished by having gray upperparts, white throat, and by being associated with second growth habitats and forest edges.

Status: The Grayish Saltator is fairly common and widespread in second growth and forest edges of Amazonian forests. It is known to range up to 1200 m along the foothill of the Andes. It also occurs in Co, Ec, Br, and Bo.

Name in Spanish: Saltador Grisáceo.

Sub-species: Grayish Saltator (Saltator coerulescens azarae), d’Orbigny, 1839.

Meaning of Name: Saltator: L. saltator, saltatoris dancer, saltare= to dance. coerulescens: L. caerulescens, caerulescentis= bluish.

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Distribution Map

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References:

    • 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.