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Slate-colored Grosbeak
Saltator grossus
(L 7")
Found singly or in pairs, usually at
middle levels in forests or edges
...sweet, simple whistled song.
Arenal Observatory Lodge
09Jan2024
Saltator in Latin
means
leaper,
dancer
;
grossus
is Latin for
thick, heavy
in ref. to the bill
of this bird.
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