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title: "Groenvleugelsaltator"
description: "Saltator similis — Vogels. The green-winged saltator (Saltator similis) is a species of saltator in the family Thraupidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/green-winged-saltator
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Groenvleugelsaltator

> Saltator similis — Vogels. The green-winged saltator (Saltator similis) is a species of saltator in the family Thraupidae.

- Scientific name: *Saltator similis*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 2331
- Wikidata: [Q3315562](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3315562)
- iNaturalist taxon: [9861](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/9861)

## Names

- en: Green-winged Saltator
- de: Grünschwingensaltator
- es: Pepitero verdoso
- fr: Saltator olive
- nl: Groenvleugelsaltator
- pl: Ziarnołusk zielonawy

## Countries with the most observations

BR (1255), AR (858), UY (72), BO (9), PY (4)

## Summary

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.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green-winged_saltator

## Photo

![Groenvleugelsaltator](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/green-winged-saltator/medium.jpg)

Photo: Hugo Hulsberg · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/133465272

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/green-winged-saltator?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).