Streaked Saltator

Streaked Saltator

Saltator striatipectus

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Panama City

In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%

240 Verified sightings at Panama City
2,973 In all 15 parks From 2019 to 2026
May Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Streaked Saltator

The streaked saltator (Saltator striatipectus) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela. The streaked saltator was formally described in 1847 with its current binomial Saltator striatipectus. For a time it and the Lesser Antillean saltator (S. albicollis) were considered conspecific.

The streaked saltator has these 10 subspecies: The streaked saltator is 19 to 20.5 cm (7.5 to 8.1 in) long and weighs about 30 to 40 g (1.1 to 1.4 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies S. s. striatipectus have a grayish green crown and nape, a thin buffy white supercilium to the eye, whitish arcs above and below the eye, brownish gray lores and ear coverts, and a dusky malar line. Their upperparts and upperwing coverts are greener than the crown and their rump is grayish. Their flight feathers are blackish with wide olive-green edges on the outer webs and their tertials have black inner webs and greenish outer webs. Their tail is gray-brown. Their chin and throat are whitish, their breast off-white with diffuse dark gray... Wikipedia →

Sounds

Song0:55

Ecuador · 2025

© Scott Olmstead · XC1019056 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Call0:15

Colombia · 2021

© Mauricio Cuellar Ramirez (@Birding.travel) · XC622466 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Uncertain1:01

Colombia · 2020

© Andrés Mauricio López · XC610437 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Machalilla National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
~30%
2 Chagres National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~30%
3 Coiba National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~20%
4 Farallones de Cali National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~10%
5 Henri Pittier National Park 🇻🇪 Venezuela
~10%
6 La Amistad International Park (Panama) 🇵🇦 Panama
~10%
7 Chirripó National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
8 Piedras Blancas National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
9 Volcán Barú National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
<5%
10 Tayrona National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
<5%
11 Soberanía National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
<5%
12 Parque Natural Metropolitano 🇵🇦 Panama
<5%
13 Corcovado National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
14 Los Nevados National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
<5%
15 Los Quetzales National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Cali 🇨🇴 Colombia
~20%
2 Medellín 🇨🇴 Colombia
~20%
3 Guayaquil 🇪🇨 Ecuador
~10%
4 Lima 🇵🇪 Peru
~10%
5 Caracas 🇻🇪 Venezuela
<5%
6 Valencia 🇻🇪 Venezuela
<5%
7 Panama City 🇵🇦 Panama
<5%
8 Bogota 🇨🇴 Colombia
<5%
9 San José 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Streaked Saltator in Panama City?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Streaked Saltator sighting in Panama City on a given day, based on 240 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 127th most-seen of the 363 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Streaked Saltator in Panama City?

May

In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Streaked Saltator in Panama City on a given day, against under 5% in June to April, the lowest months. That is one of Panama City's wettest months, with about 250 mm of rain against 10 mm in February.

What time of day is best to see a Streaked Saltator?

Between 8 and 11 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Streaked 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 Panama City the best place to see a Streaked Saltator?

7th of 9

Of the 9 cities where we can rate Streaked Saltator sightings, Panama City ranks 7th at under 5%. The best odds are in Cali (Colombia, about 20%), Medellín (Colombia, about 20%) and Guayaquil (Ecuador, about 10%).

Where does the Streaked Saltator sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Streaked Saltator is recorded against all the birds logged in Panama City (240 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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