Slate-Coloured Grosbeak
Saltator grossus(Linnaeus, C, 1766)
English (US) Slate-colored Grosbeak
UK name: Slate-Coloured Grosbeak
The Slate-Coloured Grosbeak (Saltator grossus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Thraupidae (Tanagers and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Saltator grossus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Slate-colored Grosbeak
- English (UK)
- Slate-Coloured Grosbeak
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Saltator grossus saturatus
- Saltator grossus grossus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Loxia grossa
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
- Type locality
- America; restricted to Cayenne by Berlepsch and Hartert, 1902, Novit. Zool., 9, p. 24.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1] p.307
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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