Grayish Saltator

After visiting La Selva Research Station, we spent a second night at La Quinta Sarapiqui Lodge. We listed a few more birds at their feeders. Grayish Saltators are common and found from Mexico to Argentina. This species is conspicuous in lowland scrub and open areas. Saltators eat seeds, fruit and arthropods. I think I have previously posted in this blog that saltators were traditionbally thought to be close to Cardinals, but genetic studies now place them with tanagers.