Saltator similis
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
The green-winged saltator (Saltator similis) is a species of saltator in the family Thraupidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay, and ranges into the southern cerrado and the pantanal. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.
Slightly 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. As in the Saltator maximus, it has a green back, gray tail and sides of the head. The superciliary stripe is the longest of the three species (adult bird), with the "mustache" less defined and the throat all white. Underneath, gray dominates on the sides, becoming orange brown and white in the center of the belly. The wings are greenish. The juvenile does not have such a long stripe, being the same failed or nonexistent, right after leaving the nest. Some juveniles are striped below.
Very energetic and fortified beak (which gave the name "iron crack"), with tail differentiated in size. There are no bodily differences between males and females. Its singing varies slightly from region to region, although it maintains... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Itatiaia National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Serra da Canastra National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | El Palmar National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 4 | Chapada Diamantina National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Iberá National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 6 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 7 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Emas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | Chapada dos Guimarães National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 11 | Tijuca National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 12 | Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Porto Alegre | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Curitiba | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Campo Grande | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Belo Horizonte | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Brasilia | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Campinas | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zoo das Aves | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Green-winged Saltator sighting in Chapada dos Guimarães National Park on a given day, based on 35 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 169th most-seen of the 273 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July, September and November–December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Green-winged Saltator in Chapada dos Guimarães National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January, May–June, August and October, the lowest months. February to April have too few records to rate.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Green-winged Saltator sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
10th of 12
Of the 12 parks where we can rate Green-winged Saltator sightings, Chapada dos Guimarães National Park ranks 10th at under 5%. The best odds are in Itatiaia National Park (Brazil, about 60%), Serra da Canastra National Park (Brazil, about 40%) and El Palmar National Park (Argentina, about 30%). All parks ranked.
Same genus: Saltator
The closest relatives of the Green-winged Saltator that you can see in Chapada dos Guimarães National Park (genus Saltator, Typical Saltators) are Buff-throated Saltator (about 30%) and Blue-gray Saltator (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Green-winged Saltator is recorded against all the birds logged in Chapada dos Guimarães National Park (35 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.
