Black-throated saltator

Black-throated saltator
In Bonito, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
Scientific classification (disputed)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: see text
Genus: Saltator
Species: S. atricollis
Binomial name
Saltator atricollis
Vieillot, 1817

The black-throated saltator (Saltator atricollis) is a species of songbird. Traditionally placed in the Cardinalidae family, it probably belongs in the Thraupidae instead.

It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and dry savanna.

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