Buff-throated Saltator

Where to see

Buff-throated Saltator

Saltator maximus

Poás Volcano National Park leads · 28 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Buff-throated Saltator during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)

#ParkCountrySighting
1 Poás Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~50%
2 Arenal Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~50%
3 Serra dos Órgãos National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~50%
4 Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
~50%
5 Chirripó National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~40%
6 Tenorio Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~40%
7 Piedras Blancas National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~30%
8 Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary 🇧🇿 Belize
~30%
9 La Amistad International Park (Panama) 🇵🇦 Panama
~30%
10 Cusuco National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
~30%
11 Chapada dos Guimarães National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~30%
12 Braulio Carrillo National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~30%
13 Lago de Yojoa 🇭🇳 Honduras
~30%
14 Manu National Park 🇵🇪 Peru
~30%
15 Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%
16 Podocarpus National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
~20%
17 Carara National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%
18 Soberanía National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~20%
19 Tayrona National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~20%
20 Corcovado National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%
21 Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~20%
22 Cahuita National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%
23 Bastimentos Island National Marine Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~20%
24 Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%
25 Sierra de la Macarena National Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~20%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see a Buff-throated Saltator?

Poás Volcano National Park

In Poás Volcano National Park, Costa Rica, about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Buff-throated Saltator sighting on a given day, the highest of the 28 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

Where else can you see a Buff-throated Saltator?

Arenal Volcano National Park and more

After Poás Volcano National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Buff-throated Saltator are in Arenal Volcano National Park (Costa Rica, about 50%), Serra dos Órgãos National Park (Brazil, about 50%) and Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park (Honduras, about 50%). Outside Central America, the best options are Serra dos Órgãos National Park in South America (about 50%) and Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve in North America (about 20%).

When is the best time to see a Buff-throated Saltator?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are January–March and July in Poás Volcano National Park (about 60%), December to March in Arenal Volcano National Park (about 60%) and July in Serra dos Órgãos National Park (about 80%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Buff-throated Saltator on a given day. Each park's Buff-throated Saltator page has the full month-by-month chart.