# Green-winged Saltator

*Saltator similis*

Despite being in the tanager family, its thick, powerful beak is perfectly adapted for crushing tough seeds and buds.

- **Taxonomy:** Animalia › Chordata › Aves › Passeriformes › Thraupidae › Saltator
- **IUCN Red List status:** Least Concern
- **Population trend:** stable
- **Biome:** forest
- **Habitat:** Semi-open forests, gallery forests, woodland edges, and urban parks.
- **Diet:** Omnivorous; feeds on fruits, flower buds, seeds, and various insects.
- **Range:** Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Bolivia
- **Size:** 21 cm in length, weighing approximately 45-55 grams.
- **Lifespan:** 5-8 years
- **Active:** diurnal
- **Threats:** Habitat fragmentation and illegal capture for the songbird trade.
- **Safe to approach?:** Harmless and shy. Best observed with binoculars to enjoy its complex song. If an injured bird is found, use a towel to gently place it in a ventilated box and contact a local wildlife rehabilitator.

## About

The green-winged saltator ( Saltator similis ) is a species of saltator in the family Thraupidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay, and ranges into the southern cerrado and the pantanal.

## Sources

- Plate: https://gaia-dex.com/species/ebc9830f-7f69-4033-b3b0-db77750e09a7
- iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/9861
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saltator similis
- Conservation status: IUCN Red List category, as recorded by Gaia-Dex
- Photo: https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/1164205/medium.jpg (Nicolas Olejnik, CC-BY, via iNaturalist)

Habitat, diet, size and similar notes are AI-written summaries; check them against the linked sources before relying on them.