Golden-billed Saltator

Golden-billed Saltator

Saltator aurantiirostris

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible
at Buenos Aires

In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%

4,127 Verified sightings at Buenos Aires
1,188 In all 3 parks From 2019 to 2026
March Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Golden-billed Saltator

The golden-billed saltator (Saltator aurantiirostris) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay. The golden-billed saltator was formally described in 1817 with its current binomial Saltator aurantiirostris. Some twentieth century authors treated it and the black-cowled saltator (S. nigriceps) as conspecific.

The golden-billed saltator has these six subspecies: The golden-billed saltator is 19 to 20.5 cm (7.5 to 8.1 in) long and weighs 33 to 55 g (1.2 to 1.9 oz). The species is sexually dimorphic. Adults of the nominate subspecies S. a. aurantiirostris have a blackish forehead, a gray crown and nape, black lores, face, and ear coverts, and a white supercilium that extends around the rear of the ear coverts. Their upperparts and wings are gray and their tail is gray with thin white edges on... Wikipedia →

Sounds

Recording0:06

Argentina · 2024

© Sabrina Andrea Rendon Anaya · XC864542 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Song0:48

Argentina · 2023

© Bernard BOUSQUET · XC830631 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Uncertain0:22

Argentina · 2020

© María Emilia Pérez · XC713243 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 El Palmar National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~80%
2 El Impenetrable National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~70%
3 Iberá National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~30%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 La Paz 🇧🇴 Bolivia
~50%
2 Buenos Aires 🇦🇷 Argentina
~30%
3 Cochabamba 🇧🇴 Bolivia
~30%
4 Cordoba 🇦🇷 Argentina
~20%
5 Rosario 🇦🇷 Argentina
~10%
6 Mendoza 🇦🇷 Argentina
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Golden-billed Saltator in Buenos Aires?

Possible

About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Golden-billed Saltator sighting in Buenos Aires on a given day, based on 4,127 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 57th most-seen of the 274 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Golden-billed Saltator in Buenos Aires?

June–July, September and November–March

In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Golden-billed Saltator in Buenos Aires on a given day, against about 20% in April–May, August and October, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Golden-billed Saltator?

Between 10 am and 1 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Golden-billed 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.

Is Buenos Aires the best place to see a Golden-billed Saltator?

2nd of 6

Of the 6 cities where we can rate Golden-billed Saltator sightings, Buenos Aires ranks 2nd at about 30%. The best odds are in La Paz (Bolivia, about 50%).

Where does the Golden-billed Saltator sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Golden-billed Saltator is recorded against all the birds logged in Buenos Aires (4,127 verified sightings), 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.

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