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Saltator
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Saltator is a genus of passerine birds in the tanager family Thraupidae that are found in Central and South America. They have thick bills, relatively long tails and strong legs and feet. Before the introduction of molecular genetic methods in the 21st century these species were placed in the cardinal family Cardinalidae.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassAves
  4. OrderPasseriformes
  5. FamilyThraupidae
Observations recorded1,736,932

Saltator is een geslacht van vogels dat in 2016 uit de familie van de Kardinaalachtigen is afgesplitst en toegevoegd aan de familie Tangaren. De wetenschappelijke naam van het geslacht is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1816 door Vieillot.

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
108
With media
189
Family
Thraupidae
Collections
YPM, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, CLO, USNM, NHMUK
Recorded in
United States, Canada, Brazil, Colombia

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Cardinalidae
Image
Buff-throated Saltator (19940181629).jpg
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Commons category
Saltator
taxon rank
genus
taxon name
Saltator
topic's main category
Category:Saltator
taxon range
Brazil
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Encyclopedic overview

5 sections
Contents
  • Taxonomy
  • Species
  • References
  • Further reading
  • External links

Saltator is a genus of passerine birds in the tanager family Thraupidae that are found in Central and South America. They have thick bills, relatively long tails and strong legs and feet. Before the introduction of molecular genetic methods in the 21st century these species were placed in the cardinal family Cardinalidae.

==Taxonomy== The genus was introduced by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1816 with the buff-throated saltator as the type species. The name is from the Latin saltator, saltatoris meaning "dancer".

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Saltator” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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