Black-headed Saltator (Saltator atriceps)
About the Black-headed Saltator
The black-headed saltator (Saltator atriceps) is a species of songbird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies. It is found from Mexico to Panama. The black-headed saltator was formally described in 1832 with the binomial Tanagra (Saltator) atriceps. The black-headed saltator has these six subspecies: S. a. atriceps (Lesson, RP, 1832) S. a. suffuscus Wetmore, 1942 S. a. flavicrissus Griscom, 1937 S. a. peeti Brodkorb, 1940 S. a. raptor (Cabot, S, 1845) S. a. lacertosus Bangs, 1900.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 134 recordings for this species: 11 CC BY-NC-SA · 4 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
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- Black-winged SaltatorSaltator atripennisrecording
- Blue-grey SaltatorSaltator coerulescensrecording
- Buff-throated SaltatorSaltator maximusrecording
- Cinnamon-bellied SaltatorSaltator grandisrecording
- Green-winged SaltatorSaltator similisrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.