Golden-billed Saltator | |
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In Peru | |
Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | incertae sedis |
Genus: | Saltator |
Species: | S. aurantiirostris |
Binomial name | |
Saltator aurantiirostris Vieillot, 1817 |
The Golden-billed Saltator (Saltator aurantiirostris) is a species of cardinal (bird) in the Emberizidae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay; also the regions of the southern pantanal, along the Paraguay River. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.