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Photo © by Jon Lowes
Toad Hall, Lake Arenal, Costa Rica, 14th March 2007
Saltator grandis

Identification

20·5–21 cm

Distribution

Central America: Mexico to Costa Rica.

Taxonomy

Recently split from Grayish Saltator.

Subspecies

Six subspecies are recognized[1].

  • S. g. vigorsii: North-western Mexico (Sinaloa, western Durango, Nayarit and coastal northern Jalisco)
  • S. g. plumbiceps: Western Mexico (Jalisco to Colima, Guerrero and adjacent western Oaxaca)
  • S. g. grandis: Eastern Mexico (Tamaulipas) to Guatemala and central Costa Rica
  • S. g. yucatanensis: South-eastern Mexico (Yucatán Pen., adjacent Tabasco and ne Chiapas)
  • S. g. hesperis: Pacific slope of southern Mexico (Chiapas) to Nicaragua
  • S. g. brevicaudus: Pacific slope of western Costa Rica (Gulf of Nicoya region)

Habitat

Behaviour

Vocalisation

Songs include a stuttered song and a whistled song.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. SACC proposal leading to the split of Grayish Saltator into three species

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