Saltator
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Saltator is a genus of birds in the cardinal family Cardinalidae. The name "saltator'"is the English name for the group, and the English names of all except two species end in "Saltator".
"Saltator" is Latin for "leaper" or "dancer". Vieillot applied it to this genus because of the heavy way the birds hop on the ground (Jobling and Fowling, 1992).
Recent genetic work by Klicka, Burns and Spellman may move Saltator to Thraupidae, the tanager family. [1]
The following is a list of the species in this genus:
- Lesser Antillean Saltator Saltator albicollis
- Streaked Saltator Saltator striatipectus
- Greyish Saltator Saltator coerulescens
- Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus
- Black-headed Saltator Saltator atriceps
- Slate-coloured Grosbeak Saltator grossus
- Black-throated Grosbeak Saltator fuliginosus
- Black-winged Saltator Saltator atripennis
- Green-winged Saltator Saltator similis
- Orinocan Saltator Saltator orenocensis
- Black-cowled Saltator Saltator nigriceps
- Golden-billed Saltator Saltator aurantiirostris
- Thick-billed Saltator Saltator maxillosus
- Masked Saltator Saltator cinctus
- Black-throated Saltator Saltator atricollis
- Rufous-bellied Saltator Saltator rufiventris
[edit] Reference
Jobling, James A., and Richard Fowling (1991). A Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-854634-3.
[edit] External links
- Saltator videos on the Internet Bird Collection
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