Saltator atriceps
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
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 |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Black-headed Saltator sighting in Tikal National Park on a given day, based on 380 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 83rd most-seen of the 300 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, 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 Black-headed Saltator in Tikal National Park on a given day, against about 10% in February and June–July, the lowest months. That is one of Tikal National Park's driest months, with about 45 mm of rain against 190 mm in June.
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.
10th of 27
Of the 27 parks where we can rate Black-headed Saltator sightings, Tikal National Park ranks 10th at about 20%. The best odds are in El Triunfo (Mexico, about 40%), Celaque National Park (Honduras, about 40%) and Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary (Belize, about 40%). All parks ranked.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black-headed Saltator is recorded against all the birds logged in Tikal National Park (380 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.
