Golden-billed Saltator

19-20.5 cm. Adult males have an orange bill. Females have a black bill with orange spots. Face, head sides and throat black extending on the sides to the chest as a band across the chest. White post-ocular stripe. Gray upperparts. Throat white or buffy white. Underparts buffy. <NThe female is olive-gray above and the pectoral band is sometimes lacking. <NImmature have a yellow postocular stripe. The sides of the head and neck are grayer and the back is olive colored. Call "sit". Song a short emphasized and explosive sequence of whistles "dju dju dwi dju", last syllable emphasized. Occasional in restinga scrub ^119 .. In Estado S<C4>o Paulo found at<8E>Maruja November 1987, D. Stotz , Ilha do Cardoso P. Matuscelli, unpubl. ^119 . To 2000 meters 5064 Song, Chapada dos Guimaraes, MG, August 29, 1997, sunny, 30<91>C, scrub, with /Furnarius rufus .: 523 > Adult: 5042 > Juvenile: