Saltator atriceps
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
The black-headed saltator (Saltator atriceps) is a species of songbird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies. It is found from Mexico to Panama. The black-headed saltator was formally described in 1832 with the binomial Tanagra (Saltator) atriceps.
The black-headed saltator has these six subspecies: The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies S. a. atriceps have a mostly black head with a thin supercilium to just past the eye; it begins gray and becomes white to the rear. Their face is gray below the eye and onto the cheek. Their back, scapulars, rump, uppertail coverts, wings, and tail are bright yellowish olive-green; it is brightest on the tail. The flight- and tail feathers have black shafts. The center of their throat and their upper breast are white surrounded by black. Their lower breast and belly are ash-gray... Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guatemala City | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 2 | San Salvador | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | |
| 3 | Tegucigalpa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 4 | San Pedro Sula | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 5 | Managua | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua | |
| 6 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Black-headed Saltator sighting in Arenal Volcano National Park on a given day, based on 2,019 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 115th most-seen of the 503 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Black-headed Saltator in Arenal Volcano National Park on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black-headed Saltator sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
15th of 27
Of the 27 parks where we can rate Black-headed Saltator sightings, Arenal Volcano National Park ranks 15th at about 10%. The best odds are in El Triunfo (Mexico, about 40%), Celaque National Park (Honduras, about 40%) and Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary (Belize, about 40%). All parks ranked.
Same genus: Saltator
The closest relatives of the Black-headed Saltator that you can see in Arenal Volcano National Park (genus Saltator, Typical Saltators) are Buff-throated Saltator (about 50%) and Cinnamon-bellied Saltator (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black-headed Saltator is recorded against all the birds logged in Arenal Volcano National Park (2,019 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
