Green-winged Saltator
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| Green-winged Saltator | |
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| Individual with abnormal white (leucism) on its back | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | Saltator |
| Species: | S. similis |
| Binomial name | |
| Saltator similis D'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837 |
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The Green-winged Saltator (Saltator similis) is a species of cardinal (bird) in the Cardinalidae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay, and ranges into the southern cerrado and the pantanal.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.
[edit] References
- BirdLife International 2004. Saltator similis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 July 2007.
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Saltator similis |
- Green-winged Saltator videos on the Internet Bird Collection
- Photo-High Res; Article www.ib.usp.br–"Cardinalidae"
- Photo-Medium Res; Article stephenburch
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