Saltator grandis
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
The cinnamon-bellied saltator (Saltator grandis) is a passerine bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies. It is found from Mexico to Panama. The cinnamon-bellied saltator has a complicated taxonomic history. It was formally described in 1830 with the binomial Tanagra grandis. By 1938 it had been reassigned to its present genus Saltator. In that year Carl Eduard Hellmayr merged what are now the cinnamon-bellied saltator and many other species and subspecies into S. coerulescens under the English name grey saltator. At the time the genus Saltator was in the subfamily Richmondeninae, the cardinals, within the very large family Fringillidae. By the late twentieth century the cardinals, with Saltator, had been split as the family Cardinalidae. In the mid-2010s taxonomic systems began to move Saltator to its present tanager family Thraupidae. And in the early 2020s systems began splitting S. coerulescens into the cinnamon-bellied, olive-grey (S. olivascens), and bluish-grey (S. coerulescens sensu stricto) saltators.
The cinnamon-bellied saltator has these six subspecies: The cinnamon-bellied saltator is 22 to 24 cm (8.7 to 9.4... Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Managua | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua | |
| 2 | San Salvador | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | |
| 3 | Tegucigalpa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 4 | Guatemala City | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 5 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | San Pedro Sula | 🇭🇳 Honduras |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Cinnamon-bellied Saltator sighting in Arenal Volcano National Park on a given day, based on 1,912 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 119th 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.
May–June and September
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Cinnamon-bellied Saltator in Arenal Volcano National Park on a given day, against about 10% in July–August and October–April, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Cinnamon-bellied 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.
10th of 36
Of the 36 parks where we can rate Cinnamon-bellied Saltator sightings, Arenal Volcano National Park ranks 10th at about 10%. The best odds are in Masaya Volcano National Park (Nicaragua, about 80%), Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve (Mexico, about 40%) and Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park (Honduras, about 30%). All parks ranked.
Same genus: Saltator
The closest relatives of the Cinnamon-bellied Saltator that you can see in Arenal Volcano National Park (genus Saltator, Typical Saltators) are Buff-throated Saltator (about 50%) and Black-headed Saltator (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Cinnamon-bellied Saltator is recorded against all the birds logged in Arenal Volcano National Park (1,912 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.
