From southern Mexico  to  Bolivia and
               Brazil...has been moved from the
               cardinal family Cardinalidae to the
               tanager family Thraupidae.
          
         
            
               Saltator maximus
            
               (L 7.9" Wt 1.5-1.8 oz)
          
         
            
               Canopy Lodge
            
               El Valle
            
               09Oct2016
          
         
            
               Saltator means leaper, dancer.
          
         
            
               Birds can tell us how well…or how
               poorly…we have managed the
               world in which we live.
               (John W. Fitzpatrick)
          
         
            
               © Natxo Areta
            
               Macaulay
               Library