Tanagers & Allies

Buff-throated Saltator

Saltator maximus

The Buff-throated Saltator (Saltator maximus) is a 48 g scrub bird that eats mostly fruit. It stays put all year.

Family

Tanagers & Allies

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

48 g

Habitat

Shrubland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

16

Recorded in Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Brazil, Peru, Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras, Venezuela, Mexico, Bolivia, GF, Suriname, Guyana.

Where to see it: RNP Chajbaoc (Guatemala); Reserva El Jaguar (Nicaragua); Via Escuque-La Palma—Sector Campo Alegre y Areas Circunvecinas (Venezuela); Reserva Natural Privada Luna del Puente (Honduras); Cock-of-the-Rock Lodge & Manu Paradise Lodge (Peru).

Photo: (c) Esteban Poveda, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist