The black-throated saltator (''Saltatricula atricollis'') is a species of

songbird A songbird is a bird belonging to the suborder Passeri of the perching birds (Passeriformes). Another name that is sometimes seen as the scientific or vernacular name is Oscines, from Latin ''oscen'', "songbird". The Passeriformes contains 5,00 ...

in the family

Thraupidae The tanagers (singular ) comprise the bird family (biology), family Thraupidae, in the order Passeriformes. The family has a Neotropical distribution and is the second-largest family of birds. It represents about 4% of all avian species and 12 ...

. It is found in

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, and

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. Its natural

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s are subtropical or tropical dry

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s and dry

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References

black-throated saltator Birds of the Cerrado black-throated saltator Taxa named by Louis Pierre Vieillot Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN {{Thraupidae-stub