Saltator maximus

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Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,772 meters (0 to 12,375 feet).[1]

Ecology: List of Habitats :

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.6     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland   
  
•     1.8     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Swamp   
  
•     1.9     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane   
  
•     14     Artificial/Terrestrial   
  
•     14.6     Artificial/Terrestrial - Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Saltator maximus (Muller, 1776)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 11-Oct-2007

Similar Species

Members of the genus Saltator

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 23 species and subspecies in this genus:

S. albicollis (Lesser Antillean Saltator) · S. albicollis albicollis (Lesser Antillean Saltator) · S. atriceps (Black-Headed Saltator) · S. atriceps atriceps (Black-Headed Saltator) · S. atricollis (Black-Throated Saltator) · S. atripennis (Black-Winged Saltator) · S. atripennis atripennis (Black-Winged Saltator) · S. aurantiirostris (Golden-Billed Saltator) · S. aurantiirostris aurantiirostris (Golden-Billed Saltator) · (Masked Saltator) · S. coerulescens (Grayish Saltator) · S. coerulescens coerulescens (Grayish Saltator) · S. fuliginosus (Black-Throated Grosbeak) · S. grossus (Slate-Coloured Grosbeak) · S. maxillosus (Thick-Billed Saltator) · S. maximus (Buff-Throated Saltator) · S. maximus maximus (Buff-Throated Saltator) · S. nigriceps (Black-Cowled Saltator) · S. orenocensis (Orinocan Saltator) · (Rufous-Bellied Saltator) · S. similis (Green-Winged Saltator) · S. similis similis (Green-Winged Saltator) · S. striatipectus (Streaked Saltator)

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Further Reading

• A contribution to the ornithology of the Orinoco region, by George K. Cherrie. Brooklyn, N.Y.: Pub. for the Brooklyn museum, 1916. url p. 200, p. 200.
• A geographic classification of Neotropical mammals. 36 1958 [Chicago]Chicago Natural History Museum, 1958. url p. 631.
• Annals of the Carnegie Museum. [Pittsburgh]: Published by authority of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institute, 1901- url p. 118, p. 502, p. 65.
• Annotated checklist of bird and mammal species of Cocha Cashu Biological Station, Manu National Park, Peru / John W. Terborgh, John W. Fitzpatrick, Louise Emmons. 21 1984 Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1984. url table 2 , p. 25.
• Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, -1965. url p. 128, p. 135, p. 143, p. 157, p. 158, p. 160, p. 171.
• Austral avian record; a scientific journal devoted primarily to the study of the Australian avifauna. London: Witherby. url p. 41.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 109.
• Bulletin / Peabody Museum of Natural History. 1955 New Haven: Peabody Museum of Natural History, url p. 302.
• Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 172, p. 240.
• Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 69 1929 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 184, p. 289, p. 354, p. 375, p. 91, p. 91.
• Catalogue of birds of the Americas and the adjacent islands in Field Museum of Natural History. by Charles E. Hellmayr. 13 1938 Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1938. url p. 12, p. 15.
• Check-list of North American birds: the species of birds of North America from the Arctic through Panama, including the West Indies and Hawaiian Islands / prepared by the Committee on Classification and Nomenclature of the American Orni Lawrence, Kan.: American Ornithologists' Union, 1983. url p. 668.
• Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931-1987. url p. 229.
• Ectoparasites of Panama. Rupert L. Wenzel [and] Vernon J. Tipton, editors. Chicago, Field Museum of Natural History, 1966. url p. 196, p. 209, p. 804.
• Occasional papers of the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas. 1976 Lawrence, Kan.: The University, 1971-1994. url p. 11, p. 16, p. 2.
• Postilla. 1968 New Haven, Conn.: Peabody Museum of Natural History, [1950?]-c2004. url p. 40.
• Proceedings of the International Ornithological Congress. [Canberra, etc.]: Australian Academy of Science [etc.] url p. 1112, p. 1113.
• Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 332, p. 561, p. 586, p. 623.
• Report of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and financial report of the Executive Committee of the Board of Regents for the year ending June 30. .. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1933-1965. url p. 128, p. 135, p. 143, p. 153, p. 157, p. 158, p. 160, p. 171.
• Seasonal status, relative abundance, and behavior of the birds of Concepción, Departamento Santa Cruz, Bolivia / Susan E. Davis. 71 1993 [Chicago, IL]: Field Museum of Natural History, [1993], c1992. url p. 28.
• Smithsonian miscellaneous collections. 143 1961 Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1862-1968. url fig. 1, p. 17, p. 19, p. 25, p. 330, p. 57, fig. 6, p. 6.
• Smithsonian year. 1965 Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1965-1976. url p. 185.
• The birds of British Guiana, based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell. London, B. Quaritch, 1916-1921. url .
• The birds of Cerro de la Neblina, Territorio Federal Amazonas, Venezuela / David E. Willard. .. [et al.]. 65 1991 [Chicago, Ill.]: Field Museum of Natural History, c1991. url p. 55, p. 78.
• The birds of the Santa Marta region of Colombia: a study in altitudinal distribution. Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, 1922 url , , .
• The distribution of bird-life in Colombia; a contribution to a biological survey of South America, New York, Pub. by order of the trustees, 1917. url , , , , .
• Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 19 1982 [San Diego]: The Society, 1905-1989. url p. 284.
• Tropical wild life in British Guiana; zoological contributions from the Tropical Research Station of the New York Zoological Society, by William Beebe. .. G. Inness Hartley. .. and Paul G. Howes. .. with an introduction by Colonel Theodore Roosevelt. Vol. I- Photographs and other illustrations by the authors. New York City, The New York Zoological Society, 1917- url p. 136.
• Zoologica; scientific contributions of the New York Zoological Society. New York. url p. 65, p. 97.

Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• BirdLife International 2009. Saltator maximus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 04February2012.
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 14, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 11 providers.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 14, 2008:

• Avian Knowledge Network: eBird
• Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics
• Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Ornithology Collection
• UNIBIO, IBUNAM: CNAV/Coleccion Nacional de Aves
• University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (UMMZ): Bird specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 7936
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-731267
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13741881
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 562816
• IUCN ID: 240475
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 146740

Footnotes

1. Mean = 662.250 meters (2,172.736 feet), Standard Deviation = 923.860 based on 204 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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