Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • El Valle, Panama, May

Bird name: Black Faced Grosbeak
Latin: Caryothraustes poliogaster
Other: Picogrueso carinegro (Es)
Family: Cardinalidae • Grosbeaks
Range: South Mexico to Panama
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The Black-faced Grosbeak is yellowish below, with greenish upperparts and black face. Seen here in El Valle.More photos...

Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Panama, Chiriqui, May 2010

Bird name: Streaked Saltator
Latin: Saltator striatipectus
Other:
Family: Cardinalidae • Saltators
Range: Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Similar: Streaked Flycatcher

The Streaked Saltator has similar colouring to the Streaked Flycatcher, but, of course, a completely different shaped bill.
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Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Panama, Chiriqui, May 2010

Bird name: Blue Black Grosbeak
Latin: Cyanocompsa cyanoides
Other: Picogrueso negro (Es)
Family: Cardinalidae • Grosbeaks
Range: SE Mexico to Ecuador & W Amazonia
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An adult Blue-black Grosbeak feeding a brown juvenile below.

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Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Panama, Chiriqui, May 2010

Bird name: Buff Throated Saltator
Latin: Saltator maximus
Other: Trinca-ferro, Tempera-viola (Br) • Saltator gorjileonado (Br)
Family: Cardinalidae • Saltators
Range: Widespread Latin America
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The Buff-throated Saltator has a characteristic buff throat patch bordered by a thick band of black.

Photo copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy • Images: Itatiaia, RJ • November 2009

Bird name: Green Winged Saltator
Latin: Saltator similis
Other: Trinca-ferro-verdadeiro
Family: Cardinalidae • Cardinals

A Green-winged Saltator seen in Itatiaia. Note buff, not white, throat and long white eyebrow. The Green-winged Saltator is found in Brazil and surrounding countries.More photos...

229 Cardinalidae - Grosbeaks, Saltators & Allies - IOC 2.5 - 2010

Spiza americana - Dickcissel - C USA to Venezuela & Colombia

Pheucticus chrysopeplus - Mexican Yellow Grosbeak - Mexico, Guatemala
Pheucticus tibialis - Black-thighed Grosbeak - Costa Rica, Panama
Pheucticus chrysogaster - Southern Yellow Grosbeak - Venezuela to Peru
Pheucticus aureoventris - Black-backed Grosbeak - W, SC South America
Pheucticus ludovicianus - Rose-breasted Grosbeak - E, SE North America - C America, N South America
Pheucticus melanocephalus - Black-headed Grosbeak - W North America - Mexico

Granatellus spp were Parulidae
Granatellus venustus - Red-breasted Chat - Mexico
Granatellus sallaei - Grey-throated Chat - Mexico, Guatemala, Belize
Granatellus pelzelni - Rose-breasted Chat - Amazonia

Cardinalis cardinalis - Northern Cardinal - E, S, SW USA, Mexico
Cardinalis phoeniceus - Vermilion Cardinal - Colombia, Venezuela
Cardinalis sinuatus - Pyrrhuloxia - SW USA, Mexico

Caryothraustes poliogaster - Black-faced Grosbeak - S Mexico to Panama
Caryothraustes canadensis - Yellow-green Grosbeak - Tepuis to EC Brazil

Parkerthraustes humeralis - Yellow-shouldered Grosbeak - W Amazonia - probably tanager, not grosbeak

Rhodothraupis celaeno - Crimson-collared Grosbeak - NE Mexico

Periporphyrus erythromelas - Red-and-black Grosbeak - N Amazonia

Saltators are related to tanagers, not grosbeaks, so are likely to be reorganised

Saltator grossus - Slate-colored Grosbeak - Nicaragua to Ecuador, Amazonia
Saltator fuliginosus - Black-throated Grosbeak - SE South America
Saltator atriceps - Black-headed Saltator - E Mexico to Panama
Saltator maximus - Buff-throated Saltator - Widespread Latin America
Saltator atripennis - Black-winged Saltator - Colombia, Ecuador
Saltator similis - Green-winged Saltator - SC South America
Saltator coerulescens - Greyish Saltator - Widespread Latin America
Saltator orenocensis - Orinoco Saltator - Colombia, Venezuela
Saltator maxillosus - Thick-billed Saltator - SE South America
Saltator nigriceps - Black-cowled Saltator - Ecuador, Peru
Saltator aurantiirostris - Golden-billed Saltator - W, SC South America
Saltator cinctus - Masked Saltator - Ecuador, Peru
Saltator atricollis - Black-throated Saltator - SC South America
Saltator rufiventris - Rufous-bellied Saltator - Bolivia, NW Argentina
Saltator albicollis - Lesser Antillean Saltator - Lesser Antilles
Saltator striatipectus - Streaked Saltator - Costa Rica to Peru

Cyanoloxia glaucocaerulea - Glaucous-blue Grosbeak - SC, SE South America

Cyanocompsa cyanoides - Blue-black Grosbeak - SE Mexico to Ecuador & W Amazonia
Cyanocompsa brissonii - Ultramarine Grosbeak - Colombia to E Brazil & N Argentina
Cyanocompsa parellina - Blue Bunting - Mexico to Nicaragua

Passerina caerulea - Blue Grosbeak - S USA to Costa Rica
Passerina cyanea - Indigo Bunting - C, E North America - Central America, N South America
Passerina amoena - Lazuli Bunting - W USA - W Mexico
Passerina versicolor - Varied Bunting - W USA to Guatemala
Passerina ciris - Painted Bunting - S, SE USA - West Indies, Central America
Passerina rositae - Rose-bellied Bunting - S Mexico
Passerina leclancherii - Orange-breasted Bunting - S Mexico