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[[Image:Black-headed_Saltator.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Steve+G|Steve G}}<br />La Fortuna, [[Costa Rica]]]]
 
 
;[[:Category:Saltator|Saltator]] atriceps
 
;[[:Category:Saltator|Saltator]] atriceps
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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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, and have mottling on the breast and brown markings on the underparts.
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24 cm (9½ in)<br />
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*Slate-grey head
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*Whitish [[Topography#Heads|supercilium]]
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*Yellow green upperparts
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*Pale grey underparts
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*White throat edged with black
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*Thick, black convex bill
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*Brown legs<br />
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'''Young birds''' are duller, with brown marks on upperparts, and a mottled breast  
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[[Image:Saltator_atricepsa.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo &copy; by {{user|Steve+G|Steve G}}<br />La Fortuna, [[Costa Rica]]<!--EDITORS: this image does not appear in the Gallery-->]]
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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Central [[Mexico]] to eastern [[Panama]].
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[[Central America]]: found in [[Mexico]], [[Guatemala]], [[Belize]], [[El Salvador]], [[Honduras]], [[Nicaragua]], [[Costa Rica]] and [[Panama]]
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==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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There are 6 subspecies.
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====Subspecies====
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There are 6 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
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*''S. a. atriceps'':
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:*Caribbean slope of [[Mexico]] to [[Guatemala]] and eastern [[Costa Rica]]
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*''S. a. suffuscus'':
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:*South-eastern [[Mexico]] (Sierra de Tuxtla of south-eastern Veracruz)
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*''S. a. flavicrissus'':
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:*Western [[Mexico]] (central Guerrero)
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*''S. a. peeti'':
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:*Pacific slope of southern [[Mexico]] (Chiapas and adjacent Oaxaca)
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*''S. a. raptor'':
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:*South-eastern [[Mexico]] (Yucatán, Quintana Roo and Campeche)
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*''S. a. lacertosus'':
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:*Western [[Costa Rica]] and [[Panama]] (east to Canal Zone)
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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[[Image:Saltator_atricepsa.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|Steve+G|Steve G}}<br />La Fortuna, [[Costa Rica]]]]
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Dense vegetation. Secondary rainforest edge and rural villages.
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Dense vegetation.
 
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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The diet includes fruit, buds, nectar and slow-moving insects.  
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====Diet====
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The diet includes fruit, buds, nectar and slow-moving insects. Often found in mixed feeding flocks.
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It builds a  bulky grass-lined cup nest up to 3 m high in a thicket between April and July.  2 black-marked pale blue eggs are laid.
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====Breeding====
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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.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug19}}#[https://avibase.ca/9B7AF035 Avibase]
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#BirdForum Member observations
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Saltator+atriceps}}
 
{{GSearch|Saltator+atriceps}}
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{{GS-checked}}
 
[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Saltator]]
 
[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Saltator]]

Latest revision as of 14:11, 26 March 2022

Photo © by Steve G
La Fortuna, Costa Rica
Saltator atriceps

Identification

24 cm (9½ in)

  • 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

Photo © by Steve G
La Fortuna, Costa Rica

Distribution

Central America: found in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 6 subspecies[1]:

  • S. a. atriceps:
  • 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:

Habitat

Dense vegetation. Secondary rainforest edge and rural villages.

Behaviour

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

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase
  3. BirdForum Member observations

Recommended Citation

External Links

GSearch checked for 2020 platform.

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