Passeriformes / Thraupidae / Saltator

Buff-throated Saltator

Saltator maximus

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Cole Wolf · CC_BY_4_0

Saltator maximus gigantodes

Caribbean slope of eastern Mexico (Veracruz to northern Oaxaca and Tabasco)
Saltator maximus intermedius

southwestern Costa Rica to western Panama (Canal Zone)
Saltator maximus iungens

eastern Panama and lowlands of northwestern Colombia
Saltator maximus magnoides

southern Mexico (Chiapas and Quintana Roo) to northwestern Panama
Saltator maximus maximus

eastern Colombia to Venezuela, the Guianas, Brazil, central and eastern Bolivia (La Paz to Santa Cruz), and Paraguay

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.