Saltator aurantiirostris
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In 3 days >90%
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 →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | El Palmar National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | El Impenetrable National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 3 | Iberá National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La Paz | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 2 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 3 | Cochabamba | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 4 | Cordoba | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 5 | Rosario | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 6 | Mendoza | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
Very likely
About 70% of wildlife watchers report a Golden-billed Saltator sighting in El Impenetrable National Park on a given day, based on 241 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 9th most-seen of the 219 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July and October
In those months about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Golden-billed Saltator in El Impenetrable National Park on a given day, against about 40% in January, the lowest month. December has too few records to rate.
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.
2nd of 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Golden-billed Saltator sightings, El Impenetrable National Park ranks 2nd at about 70%. The best odds are in El Palmar National Park (Argentina, about 80%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Golden-billed Saltator is recorded against all the birds logged in El Impenetrable National Park (241 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.
