Saltator atriceps
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The black-headed saltator (Saltator atriceps) is a species of songbird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies. It is found from Mexico to Panama. The black-headed saltator was formally described in 1832 with the binomial Tanagra (Saltator) atriceps.
The black-headed saltator has these six subspecies: The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies S. a. atriceps have a mostly black head with a thin supercilium to just past the eye; it begins gray and becomes white to the rear. Their face is gray below the eye and onto the cheek. Their back, scapulars, rump, uppertail coverts, wings, and tail are bright yellowish olive-green; it is brightest on the tail. The flight- and tail feathers have black shafts. The center of their throat and their upper breast are white surrounded by black. Their lower breast and belly are ash-gray... Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guatemala City | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 2 | San Salvador | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | |
| 3 | Tegucigalpa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 4 | San Pedro Sula | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 5 | Managua | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua | |
| 6 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Black-headed Saltator sighting in San José on a given day, based on 708 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 89th most-seen of the 379 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.
April–July and September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Black-headed Saltator in San José on a given day, against under 5% in August and October–March, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black-headed 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.
6th of 6
Of the 6 cities where we can rate Black-headed Saltator sightings, San José ranks 6th at under 5%. The best odds are in Guatemala City (Guatemala, about 30%), San Salvador (El Salvador, about 30%) and Tegucigalpa (Honduras, about 20%).
Same genus: Saltator
The closest relatives of the Black-headed Saltator that you can see in San José (genus Saltator, Typical Saltators) are Cinnamon-bellied Saltator (about 50%) and Buff-throated Saltator (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black-headed Saltator is recorded against all the birds logged in San José (708 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.
