Buff-throated Saltator

Saltator maximus

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesShrublandCup nestSmall · 48 g

What the Buff-throated Saltator sounds like

Sonogram of the Buff-throated Saltator: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Edoardo · Mindo, San Miguel de los Bancos, Pichincha, Ecuador · CC BY 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Buff-throated Saltator: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Esmeraldas: 18.5 road km NNW Alto Tambo, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Buff-throated Saltator: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · El Oro: Reserva Buenaventura 9 km WNW Piñas, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

When to see the Buff-throated Saltator

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

Where to see the Buff-throated Saltator

Regular range

The map shades 16 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Buff-throated Saltator

The buff-throated saltator is a seed-eating bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It breeds from southeastern Mexico to western Ecuador and northeastern Brazil.

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

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