SALTATORS & GROSBEAKS   -   CARDINALIDAE

Black-backed Grosbeak Pheucticus aureoventris aureoventris Palomitas, Salta province, Argentina. Male.		Green-winged Saltator Saltator similis similis Chapada de Diamantina, Bahia state, Brazil.

Black-throated Saltator Saltator atricollis Chapada dos Guimarães, Mato Grosso state, Brazil.

Ultramarine Grosbeak Cyanocompsa brissonii argentina Palomitas, Salta province, Argentina. Male.

Ultramarine Grosbeak Cyanocompsa brissonii brissonii Chapada de Diamantina, Bahia state, Brazil. Male.

Ultramarine Grosbeak Cyanocompsa brissonii brissonii Canudos-Jeremoaba road, Bahia state, Brazil. Female.

Dickcissel Spiza americana 20km south of Calabozo, Guárico state, Venezuela. Male. One on its wintering grounds in the Llanos of Venezuela, where they congregate in immense flocks.

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