Buff-throated Saltator
Saltator maximus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyThraupidae (Tanagers and Allies)
- GenusSaltator (Typical Saltators)
- SpeciesSaltator maximus (Buff-throated Saltator)
The buff-throated saltator (Saltator maximus) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies. It is found in Mexico, every Central American country except El Salvador, and every mainland South American country except Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Calakmul Biosphere Reserve
Black-headed Saltator
Saltator atriceps
Cinnamon-bellied Saltator
Saltator grandis
Morelet's Seedeater
Sporophila morelleti
Gray-headed Tanager
Eucometis penicillata
Blue-gray Tanager
Thraupis episcopus
Yellow-winged Tanager
Thraupis abbas
Red-legged Honeycreeper
Cyanerpes cyaneus
Blue-black Grassquit
Volatinia jacarina
Yellow-faced Grassquit
Tiaris olivaceus
Black-throated Shrike-Tanager
Lanio aurantius
Thick-billed Seed-Finch
Sporophila funerea
Brown Jay
Psilorhinus morio
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Buff-throated Saltator at Calakmul Biosphere Reserve — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there