Saltator grandis
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~80%
The cinnamon-bellied saltator (Saltator grandis) is a passerine bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies. It is found from Mexico to Panama. The cinnamon-bellied saltator has a complicated taxonomic history. It was formally described in 1830 with the binomial Tanagra grandis. By 1938 it had been reassigned to its present genus Saltator. In that year Carl Eduard Hellmayr merged what are now the cinnamon-bellied saltator and many other species and subspecies into S. coerulescens under the English name grey saltator. At the time the genus Saltator was in the subfamily Richmondeninae, the cardinals, within the very large family Fringillidae. By the late twentieth century the cardinals, with Saltator, had been split as the family Cardinalidae. In the mid-2010s taxonomic systems began to move Saltator to its present tanager family Thraupidae. And in the early 2020s systems began splitting S. coerulescens into the cinnamon-bellied, olive-grey (S. olivascens), and bluish-grey (S. coerulescens sensu stricto) saltators.
The cinnamon-bellied saltator has these six subspecies: The cinnamon-bellied saltator is 22 to 24 cm (8.7 to 9.4... Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Managua | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua | |
| 2 | San Salvador | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | |
| 3 | Tegucigalpa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 4 | Guatemala City | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 5 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | San Pedro Sula | 🇭🇳 Honduras |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Cinnamon-bellied Saltator sighting in Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve on a given day, based on 42 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 82nd most-seen of the 240 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Cinnamon-bellied Saltator in Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve on a given day, against about 10% in February–April and September–December, the lowest months. That is one of Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve's driest months, with about 80 mm of rain against 370 mm in June.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Cinnamon-bellied 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 36
Of the 36 parks where we can rate Cinnamon-bellied Saltator sightings, Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve ranks 6th at about 20%. The best odds are in Masaya Volcano National Park (Nicaragua, about 80%), Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve (Mexico, about 40%) and Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park (Honduras, about 30%). All parks ranked.
Same genus: Saltator
The closest relatives of the Cinnamon-bellied Saltator that you can see in Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve (genus Saltator, Typical Saltators) are Black-headed Saltator (about 30%) and Buff-throated Saltator (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Cinnamon-bellied Saltator is recorded against all the birds logged in Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve (42 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.
