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Black-headed Saltator
Guillermo Saborío Vega (© Macaulay Library)

Black-headed Saltator

Saltator atriceps
BirdNET IDBN11495
Taxon groupAves
iNat observations3,283
Image sourceMacaulay Library ML242614041
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Description wikipedia

The black-headed saltator (Saltator atriceps) is a seed-eating bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It breeds from central Mexico to eastern Panama. This bird is on average 24 cm (9.4 in) long and weighs 85 g (3.0 oz). The adult has a slate-grey head with a whitish supercilium. The upperparts are yellowish green, the underparts are pale grey, and the throat is white edged with black. The thick convex bill is black and the legs are brown. Young birds are duller and have mottling on the breast and brown markings on the underparts. This species is similar to the buff-throated saltator but is larger and has a darker head and paler under parts with a yellow patch on the throat. The common call is a raucous deeeer. The song is a loud scratchy cher cher jur jur weeee, often given by males as a duet. The black-headed saltator is a species of dense vegetation. The black-headed saltator feeds on fruit, buds, nectar, and slow-moving insects. It forages at low and mid-levels, sometimes with mixed species flocks. The two black-marked pale blue eggs per clutch measure some 24–34 mm (0.94–1.34 in) long by about 18–23.5 mm (0.71–0.93 in) wide and weigh about 4.9–5.5 g (0.17–0.19 oz) each. They are laid in a bulky grass-lined cup nesting up to 3 m (9.8 ft) high in a thicket between April and July.

Translated Descriptions (4)

es wikipedia
El pepitero cabecinegro​ (Saltator atriceps), también conocido como saltador de cabeza negra (en México), chica cabeza negra (en Honduras), saltator o saltador cabecinegro (en Costa Rica, México, Nicaragua y Panamá), picurero cabeza negra (en México) o saltador chorcha (en México),​ es una especie de ave paseriforme de la familia Thraupidae perteneciente al numeroso género Saltator, anteriormente colocada en la familia Cardinalidae. Es nativo de México y América Central.
fi wikipedia
Maiskuttajakardinaali (Saltator atriceps) on tangaroiden heimoon kuuluva varpuslintu.
fr wikipedia
Le Saltator à tête noire (Saltator atriceps) est une espèce d'oiseaux de la famille des Thraupidae.
sv wikipedia
Svartkronad saltator (Saltator atriceps) är en fågel i familjen tangaror inom ordningen tättingar. Arten förekommer i Centralamerika, från Mexiko söderut till Panama.

Common Names (34 locales)

bg Белогуша дебелоклюна чинка
ca dansaire capnegre
cs saltator černočapkový
cy Dawnsiwr penddu
da Sorthovedet Saltator
de Schwarzscheitelsaltator
en Black-headed Saltator
es Pepitero Cabecinegro
es_CR Saltator Cabecinegro
es_EC Pepitero Cabecinegro
es_ES Pepitero cabecinegro
es_MX Saltador Cabeza Negra
es_PA Saltador Cabecinegro
fa پایکوب سرسیاه
fi maiskuttajakardinaali
fr Saltator à tête noire
he קרדינל סלטוטור שחור ראש
hr čađastokapi sjemenar
hu feketesapkás szaltator
it Saltatore testa nera
ja ズグロイカル
nl Zwartkopsaltator
no storsaltator
nv Daatsohí yishtłizhí binághah łitsooígíí
pl ziarnołusk ciemnogłowy
pt black-headed saltator
pt_PT Black-headed saltator
ru Черноголовый сальтатор
sk tanečník tmavohlavý
sr Crnoglavi zeleni saltator
sv svartkronad saltator
tr Kara Başlı Saltator
uk Зернолуск чорноголовий
zh-CN 黑头舞雀

External Identifiers

iNaturalist#9854
eBirdblhsal1
Macaulay Libraryblhsal1
Xeno-CantoSaltator atriceps
observation.org#79060
GBIF5230896
NCBI460215
AvibaseSaltator-atriceps
BirdLife22723869