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Buff-throated Saltator

Saltator maximus

Photo by PatriciaPi
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Field Notes

Description:

The Buff-throated Saltator is on average 20 cm long and weighs 42-52 g. The adult has a slate-grey head with a white supercilium and a greenish crown. The upperparts are olive green, the underparts are grey becoming buff on the lower belly, and the throat is buff, edged with black. The thick convex bill and legs are black. Young birds are duller, and have a white-mottled blackish throat and breast, and brown markings on the lower underparts.
The common call is a high seeeer. Males duet melodiously with a warbled cheery cheery answered by cheery to you.

Habitat:

This is a species of dense vegetation.

Pacuare Nature Reserve

Species ID Suggestions

Buff-throated Saltator

Saltator maximus

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