Saltatricula
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Saltatricula is a genus of South American seed-eating birds in the tanager family Thraupidae.
Taxonomy and species list
The genus Saltatricula was introduced in 1861 by the German naturalist Hermann Burmeister with the many-colored Chaco finch as the type species. The name is a Latin diminutive of the genus Saltator that had been introduced by Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1816.
The black-throated saltator was formerly included in the genus Saltator. It was moved Saltatricula based on the results of a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 that found that the black-throated saltator was genetically distinct from the other members of the genus Saltator but was instead closely related to the many-colored Chaco finch.
The genus contains two species.
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Many-colored Chaco finch | Saltatricula multicolor (Burmeister, 1860) | Argentina, Bolivia, Uruguay and Paraguay. | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC |
| Black-throated saltator | Saltatricula atricollis (Vieillot, 1817) | Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay. | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC |