Saltator coerulescens
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
The bluish-grey saltator or Amazonian grey saltator (Saltator coerulescens) is a passerine bird in the tanager family Thraupidae that is widespread in semi-open habitats in tropical and subtropical South America. Two of its former subspecies groups, grandis (of Mexico and Central America) and olivascens (of northern South America and Trinidad), are now recognized as separate species, the cinnamon-bellied saltator and the olive-grey (or Caribbean grey) saltator.
The bluish-grey saltator was formally described in 1817 by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot under the binomial name Saltator coerulescens. Vieillot based his description on the "Habia de la Ceja Blanca" that Félix de Azara had described in 1802 in his book on birds in Paraguay and the Río de la Plata. The specific epithet coerulescens is derived from Latin and means "bluish".
Saltator coerulescens was formerly known as the greyish saltator and included two subspecies groups: grandis (including brevicaudus, hesperis, plumbiceps, vigorsii and yucatanensis) and olivascens (including brewsteri and plumbeus). In 2021, they were recognized as separate species, the cinnamon-bellied saltator (S. grandis... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | El Impenetrable National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Iberá National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 3 | Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Amacayacu National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 5 | Chapada dos Guimarães National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 7 | El Palmar National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 8 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 9 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 10 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 11 | Podocarpus National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 12 | Anavilhanas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 13 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 14 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 15 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asuncion | 🇵🇾 Paraguay | |
| 2 | Manaus | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Rosario | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 4 | Santa Cruz de la Sierra | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 5 | Cordoba | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 6 | Campo Grande | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-gray Saltator sighting in El Palmar National Park on a given day, based on 29 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 102nd most-seen of the 151 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-gray Saltator in El Palmar National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February, June and August, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Blue-gray 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.
7th of 15
Of the 15 parks where we can rate Blue-gray Saltator sightings, El Palmar National Park ranks 7th at about 10%. The best odds are in El Impenetrable National Park (Argentina, about 80%), Iberá National Park (Argentina, about 60%) and Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas (Brazil, about 40%). All parks ranked.
Same genus: Saltator
The closest relatives of the Blue-gray Saltator that you can see in El Palmar National Park (genus Saltator, Typical Saltators) are Golden-billed Saltator (about 80%) and Green-winged Saltator (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Blue-gray Saltator is recorded against all the birds logged in El Palmar National Park (29 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.
