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Location: Manu National Park, Peru

Saltator maximus

[edit] Identification

20 cm. Olive green above, grey below, buff lower belly, buff throat edged black, grey head, white supercilium, green crown, black thick bill, black legs. Juvenile - duller, white-mottled blackish throat and breast, brown marked below.

[edit] Distribution

Southeastern Mexico, western Ecuador and northeastern Brazil.

[edit] Taxonomy

There are 5 subspecies.

[edit] Habitat

Dense vegetation. The Buff-throated Saltator feeds on fruit, buds, nectar and slow-moving insects. It forages at low and mid levels, sometimes with mixed species flocks.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes fruit, nectar, buds and insects.

It builds a bulky cup nest; 2 pale blue eggs are laid.

[edit] References

Wikipedia

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