Saltator atriceps
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In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
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 |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Black-headed Saltator sighting in Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary on a given day, based on 450 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 29th most-seen of the 277 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November and December
In those months about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Black-headed Saltator in Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary on a given day, against about 20% in May and October, 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.
Among the best
Of the 27 parks where we can rate Black-headed Saltator sightings, Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary ranks 3rd at about 40%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in El Triunfo (Mexico, about 40%) and Celaque National Park (Honduras, about 40%). All parks ranked.
Same genus: Saltator
The closest relatives of the Black-headed Saltator that you can see in Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary (genus Saltator, Typical Saltators) are Buff-throated Saltator (about 30%) and Cinnamon-bellied 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 Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary (450 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.
