page_title: Greyish saltator
section_title: Distribution and ecology
hierarchical_section_title: Greyish saltator / Distribution and ecology
caption_attribution_description: English&#x3a;&#32; «&#160;Saltator caerulescens&#160;» = Saltator coerulescens (Greyish Saltator) - eggFrançais&#x202f;&#x3a;&#32; «&#160;Saltator caerulescens&#160;» = Saltator coerulescens (Saltator gris) - œuf
context_page_description: The greyish saltator is a seed-eating songbird that is widespread in the tropical Americas. Traditionally placed in the cardinal family, the saltators actually seem to be closer to the tanagers. In El Salvador, it is well known as dichosofui after the "elaborate" version of its call, which sounds like a drawn-out ¡dichoso fui!, Spanish for "I was happy!"
context_section_description: This species occurs in open woodland, plains and scrub, from Mexico through Central America into southern South America, south to Peru and the Paraná River region in northern Argentina. The greyish saltator feeds on fruits, buds and slow-moving arthropods. It forages at low and middle levels, sometimes in pairs or small groups and sometimes with mixed-species flocks that may include other saltators.
  The two pale blue subelliptic eggs per clutch measure some 23–31.5 mm long by about 17–22 mm wide and weigh about 5 grams each.  They look unusual for this genus as they have a circle of blackish-brown hairstreaks and dots around the blunt end. They are laid in a bulky cup nest 2–4 m high in a tree.
caption: Egg
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