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 Noel Kempff Mercado National Park
Blue-gray Saltator
Saltator coerulescens
Silver-beaked Tanager
Ramphocelus carbo
Red-capped Cardinal
Paroaria gularis
Palm Tanager
Thraupis palmarum
Blue-black Grassquit
Volatinia jacarina
Sayaca Tanager
Thraupis sayaca
Blue-gray Tanager
Thraupis episcopus
Bananaquit
Coereba flaveola
Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch
Sporophila angolensis
Blue Dacnis
Dacnis cayana
Yellow-bellied Dacnis
Dacnis flaviventer
Turquoise Tanager
Tangara mexicana
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Buff-throated Saltator at Noel Kempff Mercado National Park — 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