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| - | {{stub}} | + | [[Image:Black-headed_Saltator.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Steve+G|Steve G}}<br />La Fortuna, [[Costa Rica]]]] |
| - | ;Saltator atriceps | + | ;[[:Category:Saltator|Saltator]] atriceps |
| | ==Identification== | | ==Identification== |
| | + | 24 cm<br /> |
| | + | *Slate-grey head |
| | + | *Whitish supercilium |
| | + | *Yellow green upperparts |
| | + | *Pale grey underparts |
| | + | *White throat edged with black |
| | + | *Thick, black convex bill |
| | + | *Brown legs<br /> |
| | + | '''Young birds''' are duller, with brown marks on upperparts, and a mottled breast |
| | + | [[Image:Saltator_atricepsa.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|Steve+G|Steve G}}<br />La Fortuna, [[Costa Rica]]]] |
| | ==Distribution== | | ==Distribution== |
| | + | [[Central America]]: found in [[Mexico]], [[Guatemala]], [[Belize]], [[El Salvador]], [[Honduras]], [[Nicaragua]], [[Costa Rica]] and [[Panama]] |
| | ==Taxonomy== | | ==Taxonomy== |
| | + | ====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>==== |
| | + | There are 6 subspecies: |
| | + | *''S. a. atriceps'': |
| | + | :*Caribbean slope of [[Mexico]] to [[Guatemala]] and eastern [[Costa Rica]] |
| | + | *''S. a. suffuscus'': |
| | + | :*South-eastern [[Mexico]] (Sierra de Tuxtla of south-eastern Veracruz) |
| | + | *''S. a. flavicrissus'': |
| | + | :*Western [[Mexico]] (central Guerrero) |
| | + | *''S. a. peeti'': |
| | + | :*Pacific slope of southern [[Mexico]] (Chiapas and adjacent Oaxaca) |
| | + | *''S. a. raptor'': |
| | + | :*South-eastern [[Mexico]] (Yucatán, Quintana Roo and Campeche) |
| | + | *''S. a. lacertosus'': |
| | + | :*Western [[Costa Rica]] and [[Panama]] (east to Canal Zone) |
| | ==Habitat== | | ==Habitat== |
| | + | Dense vegetation. Secondary rainforest edge and rural villages. |
| | ==Behaviour== | | ==Behaviour== |
| - | ==Bird Song== | + | ====Diet==== |
| | + | The diet includes fruit, buds, nectar and slow-moving insects. Often found in mixed feeding flocks. |
| | + | ====Breeding==== |
| | + | It builds a bulky grass-lined cup nest in a thicket, up to 3 m high. The clutch consists of 2 pale blue eggs with black marks, which are laid between April and July. |
| | + | ==References== |
| | + | #{{Ref-Clements6thDec09}}#Avibase |
| | + | #Wikipedia |
| | + | #BF Member observations |
| | + | {{ref}} |
| | ==External Links== | | ==External Links== |
| - | {{GSearch|Saltator+atriceps}} | + | {{GSearch|Saltator+atriceps}} |
| - | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Missing Images]] | + | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Saltator]] |
Current revision
- Saltator atriceps
[edit] Identification
24 cm
- Slate-grey head
- Whitish supercilium
- Yellow green upperparts
- Pale grey underparts
- White throat edged with black
- Thick, black convex bill
- Brown legs
Young birds are duller, with brown marks on upperparts, and a mottled breast
[edit] Distribution
Central America: found in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama
[edit] Taxonomy
There are 6 subspecies:
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- South-eastern Mexico (Sierra de Tuxtla of south-eastern Veracruz)
- Western Mexico (central Guerrero)
- Pacific slope of southern Mexico (Chiapas and adjacent Oaxaca)
- South-eastern Mexico (Yucatán, Quintana Roo and Campeche)
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[edit] Habitat
Dense vegetation. Secondary rainforest edge and rural villages.
[edit] Behaviour
The diet includes fruit, buds, nectar and slow-moving insects. Often found in mixed feeding flocks.
[edit] Breeding
It builds a bulky grass-lined cup nest in a thicket, up to 3 m high. The clutch consists of 2 pale blue eggs with black marks, which are laid between April and July.
[edit] References
- 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.
- Avibase
- Wikipedia
- BF Member observations
[edit] External Links
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