Cardinals (Cardinalidae)
Buff-throated Saltator (Saltator maximus) - HBW 16, p. 415
French: Saltator des grands-bois
German: Buntkehlsaltator
Spanish: Pepitero Gorjicanelo
Taxonomy: Tanagra maxima Statius Müller, 1776, Cayenne, French Guiana.
Affiliations of genus uncertain; recent molecular-genetic analyses indicate that it does not belong with present family, and may be better placed with tanagers (Thraupidae). Some races have been considered perhaps to merit treatment as separate species, but an orderly geographical sequence of characters across the species’ range is apparent. Five subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- gigantodes Cabanis, 1851 - Caribbean slope of Mexico from Veracruz S to N Oaxaca and Tabasco.
- magnoides Lafresnaye, 1844 - S Mexico (Chiapas, S Campeche, S Quintana Roo) N Guatemala and Belize S on Caribbean slope to Nicaragua, Costa Rica and NW Panama.
- intermedius Lawrence, 1864 - SW Costa Rica E to Canal Zone of Panama.
- gigantodes Cabanis, 1851 - Caribbean slope of Mexico from Veracruz S to N Oaxaca and Tabasco.
- magnoides Lafresnaye, 1844 - S Mexico (Chiapas, S Campeche, S Quintana Roo) N Guatemala and Belize S on Caribbean slope to Nicaragua, Costa Rica and NW Panama.
- intermedius Lawrence, 1864 - SW Costa Rica E to Canal Zone of Panama.
- iungens Griscom, 1929 - E Panama and NW Colombia (E to lower R Cauca).
- maximus (Statius Müller, 1776) - Colombia and Venezuela E to the Guianas, S to W & E Ecuador, E Peru, Brazil (Amazonia S to S Mato Grosso; also E coast from Pernambuco S to Rio de Janeiro) and NE Bolivia (Bení and Santa Cruz).
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A bird on a feeder, eating a banana, then flying away. Locality Copalinga Lodge, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador
Robert Schaefer 26 October 2008 3 years ago 16 sec 4.3 -
A bird descending from a tree to a feeder, and taking a bite of a banana. Locality Copalinga Lodge, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador
Robert Schaefer 24 October 2008 3 years ago 27 sec 4.3 -
A bird at a feeder, eating a banana Locality Arrierito Antioqueño Natural Reserve, Anorí, Antioquía Department, Colombia (ssp maximus)
Josep del Hoyo 11 February 2007 4 years ago 41 sec 4.2 -
A bird perched on a branch and flying away Locality Manu National Park, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru (ssp maximus)
Stefan Behrens 2004 6 years ago 21 sec 4.2 -
A bird feeding on fruits and calling Locality Manu National Park, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru (ssp maximus)
Stefan Behrens 2004 6 years ago 28 sec 4.1 -
A bird arriving to a feeder, calling and feeding on a banana Locality Cock of the Rock Lodge, Kosñipata Valley, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru (ssp maximus)
Josep del Hoyo 30 July 2005 5 years ago 38 sec 4
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dorsal view of a bird on a branch
Locality Ricaurte, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 30 October 2010 1 year ago 4.3 -
A bird perched.
Locality El Relleno, Pérez Zeledón, San José Province, Costa Rica
manuel retana 28 November 2009 2 years ago 4 -
Bird on a branch
Locality Santa Marta, Magdalena Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 9 October 2009 2 years ago 4 -
Bird resting
Locality Buenaventura Reserve, El Oro Province, Ecuador
Helmut Schumann 4 November 2008 2 years ago 4 -
An adult perched.
Locality Heredia Province, Costa Rica (ssp magnoides)
Luis Vargas 19 July 2009 2 years ago 3.5 -
A nest with two eggs.
Locality El Relleno, Pérez Zeledón, San José Province, Costa Rica
manuel retana 6 June 2009 2 years ago 3.5
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Songs from a pair. Locality Serra do Navio, Amapá State, Brazil
Bradley Davis 18 November 2007 2 years ago 4
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