March 7, 2025

I am a Buff-throated Saltator

I am in the Tanager family

Scientists thought I was related to Cardinals and Finches

But Phylogenetic Analysis proved that to be a fallacy.

Location: Soda Cinchona, Alajuela Province, Alajuela, Costa Rica

Sources: https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/butsal1/cur/systematics

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6126798

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