Black-winged Saltator

What the Black-winged Saltator sounds like

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Guayas: above Naranjal on Molleturo road, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · El Oro: Reserva Buenaventura 9 km WNW Piñas, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Guayas: above Naranjal on Molleturo road, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

When to see the Black-winged Saltator

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Black-winged Saltator

The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Black-winged Saltator

The black-winged saltator is a species of songbird found in Colombia and Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. While saltators were traditionally placed in the family Cardinalidae, they are now placed in the tanager family Thraupidae.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Green-winged SaltatorSaltator similisSlightly smaller than other species of the same genus, it has the same strong black beak that gave rise to the common name of these birds. Olive-grey SaltatorSaltator olivascensThe olive-grey saltator has a thick, black bill that is slightly hooked at the end, with white supercilliaries (giving it a distinct white "eyebrow"), and a thin white crescent under its eye. Slate-colored GrosbeakSaltator grossusThe slate-coloured grosbeak is a species of grosbeak in the family Thraupidae.