Canto do Trinca Ferro

Features Canto do Trinca Ferro

The trinca-ferro is a passerine bird of the Thraupidae family, being one of the wild birds most appreciated by Brazilians, especially for its song.It is also called the iron beak, tempera-viola, pixarro, pipirão, verdão (Pernambuco), estevo, papa-banana (Santa Catarina), titicão, tia-chica, chama-chico (inland of São Paulo), tico -tico guloso (South of Espírito Santo) and joão-velho (Minas Gerais).In Brazil there are about seven forms of the genus Saltator, all relatively similar.
They are much hunted and appreciated for their beautiful song.Its scientific name means:: Saltator similis⇒ Dancer similar to the tanager.
As the Latin terms Saltator and Tupi Tangara have the same transliteration - dancer - the term similis for Saltator similis was found to demonstrate the reason for using this terminology.