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Golden-billed Saltator

Saltator aurantiirostris

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Miranda Collett
Miranda Collett

Former Airline Captain of B747, Miranda Collett, switched career in 2010 to become a wildlife conservationist, purchasing a former cattle ranch in NE Argentina.

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This passerine from the family Emberizidae is not common at our reserve, unlike the Grayish Saltator,  but we have seen it on a few occasions. 

It has a distinctive call, as do the other members of the genus.

It has buffy underparts and brown back and wings.  The noticeable features are the orange bill, black face and crown, white throat and long white supercilium.

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