n. In ornithology: A genus of tanagrine birds: same as Saltator.n. A genus of fringilline birds. Habia ludoviciana is the rose-breasted grosbeak. Reichenbach, 1850. Also called Zamelodia.n. [lowercase] A bird of the genus Saltator, a group of South American tanagrine birds of partly greenish colors, with large beak, short rounded wings, and longer rounded tail.