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Photo by Luiz
Location: Serrinha do Alambari, Resende Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 2006

Saltator similis

[edit] Identification

A long white supercilium, its flight feathers and back are olive green and its throat is white.

[edit] Distribution

South America: found in Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

• S. s. similis:

• Eastern Bolivia to south-eastern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and north-eastern Argentina

• S. s. ochraceiventris:

• South-eastern Brazil (southern São Paulo to Paraná and Rio Grande do Sul)

[edit] Habitat

Secondary forests and well wooded orchards

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
2. Avibase

• List of references

[edit] External Links