About Granatellus sallaei (Bonaparte, 1856)
The grey-throated chat (Granatellus sallaei) is approximately 13 cm (5.1 in) long and weighs between 8.8 to 11 g (0.31 to 0.39 oz). For the adult male of the nominate subspecies, the head, back, wings, and tail are gray, with the only exception being a white supercilium behind the eye. Its breast and vent area are rose-red, its flanks are gray, and the remaining underparts are white. Compared to the male, the female has duller gray on the crown, nape, and upperparts. Its supercilium, face, breast, flanks, and vent area are buff, while the throat and belly are white. Adult males of the subspecies G. s. boucardi are slightly paler gray than the nominate subspecies. Females of this subspecies have brownish gray upperparts, and creamier buff coloring on the face and underparts. The nominate subspecies of grey-throated chat is distributed across southern Veracruz, most of Tabasco, eastern Oaxaca, and northern Chiapas. G. s. boucardi ranges from the Yucatán Peninsula south to central Guatemala and Belize. The entire species is a lowland bird. It inhabits dry to semi-humid forest, the edges of such forest, and adjacent dense scrub. It can also be found in thickets within evergreen forest, but avoids humid forest entirely.
