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| − | [[Image:Black-headed_Saltator.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Steve+G|Steve G}}<br />La Fortuna, [[Costa Rica]]]] | + | [[Image:Black-headed_Saltator.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo © by {{user|Steve+G|Steve G}}<br />La Fortuna, [[Costa Rica]]<!--EDITORS: this image does not appear in the Gallery-->]] |
;[[:Category:Saltator|Saltator]] atriceps | ;[[:Category:Saltator|Saltator]] atriceps | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | 24 cm<br /> | + | 24 cm (9½ in)<br /> |
*Slate-grey head | *Slate-grey head | ||
| − | *Whitish supercilium | + | *Whitish [[Topography#Heads|supercilium]] |
*Yellow green upperparts | *Yellow green upperparts | ||
*Pale grey underparts | *Pale grey underparts | ||
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*Brown legs<br /> | *Brown legs<br /> | ||
'''Young birds''' are duller, with brown marks on upperparts, and a mottled breast | '''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]]]] | + | [[Image:Saltator_atricepsa.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo © by {{user|Steve+G|Steve G}}<br />La Fortuna, [[Costa Rica]]<!--EDITORS: this image does not appear in the Gallery-->]] |
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
[[Central America]]: found in [[Mexico]], [[Guatemala]], [[Belize]], [[El Salvador]], [[Honduras]], [[Nicaragua]], [[Costa Rica]] and [[Panama]] | [[Central America]]: found in [[Mexico]], [[Guatemala]], [[Belize]], [[El Salvador]], [[Honduras]], [[Nicaragua]], [[Costa Rica]] and [[Panama]] | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| − | ====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup> | + | ====Subspecies==== |
| − | + | There are 6 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>: | |
*''S. a. atriceps'': | *''S. a. atriceps'': | ||
:*Caribbean slope of [[Mexico]] to [[Guatemala]] and eastern [[Costa Rica]] | :*Caribbean slope of [[Mexico]] to [[Guatemala]] and eastern [[Costa Rica]] | ||
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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. | 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== | ==References== | ||
| − | #{{Ref- | + | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug19}}#[https://avibase.ca/9B7AF035 Avibase] |
| − | # | + | #BirdForum Member observations |
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{{ref}} | {{ref}} | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Saltator+atriceps}} | {{GSearch|Saltator+atriceps}} | ||
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[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Saltator]] | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Saltator]] | ||
Latest revision as of 14:11, 26 March 2022
- 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
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:
- 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
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
- 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/
- Avibase
- BirdForum Member observations
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Black-headed Saltator. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 9 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-headed_Saltator
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
