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Male
Photo by Fritz73
Location: Chancani, Cordoba, Argentina

Saltator aurantiirostris

[edit] Identification

Length 21cm.
The bill varies in colour with the male having a mainly or entirely orange bill, the female having a black bill with some orange spots and the immatures having a mainly black bill. Dark brown upperparts, buffy-orange underparts. Females are similar, although with less contrast in plumage. Conspicous white/buff eyebrow extends from directly above the eyeball over the ear and down to the chest. The throat is surrounded by a black band.

[edit] Distribution

Central South America east of the Andes. Found in: Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Chile, Argentina

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

This is a polytypic species consisting of 6 subspecies:

• S. a. iteratus:

• Andes of northern Peru (Cajamarca, Amazonas, La Libertad and Ancash)

• S. a. albociliaris:

• Andes of Peru (Ancash and Huánuco) to northern Chile (Arica)

• S. a. hellmayri:

• Andes of Bolivia (La Paz and Cochabamba to Potosí and northern Tarija)

• S. a. aurantiirostris:

• Southern Bolivia to Paraguay, Uruguay, southern Brazil and northern Argentina

• S. a. parkesi:

• Southern Brazil to Uruguay and north-eastern Argentina

• S. a. nasica:

• West-central Argentina (La Rioja, Mendoza and western La Pampa)

[edit] Habitat

Scrubland, woods, gardens.

[edit] Behaviour

Hops on ground searching for food.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Avibase

• List of references

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