Olivaceous Saltator (Saltator olivascens)
About the Olivaceous Saltator
The olive-grey saltator (Saltator olivascens), also known as the Caribbean grey saltator, is a quiet, grey-colored passerine bird in the tanager family Thraupidae, native to Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, far northern Brazil, and Trinidad. It was formerly considered conspecific with the greyish saltator (Saltator coerulescens), but was split as a distinct species by the IOC in 2021. The olive-grey saltator includes the subspecies brewsteri and plumbeus. Previously grouped with the bluish-grey Saltator (Saltator coerulescens) and cinnamon-bellied saltator (Saltator grandis) into one species, the greyish saltator, the olive-grey saltator (Saltator olivascens) was split in 2021 by the IOC on the basis of vocal and genetic differences, as well as the fact that the three occupy different ranges.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 85 recordings for this species: 2 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Black-cowled SaltatorSaltator nigricepsrecording
- Black-winged SaltatorSaltator atripennisrecording
- Blue-grey SaltatorSaltator coerulescensrecording
- Buff-throated SaltatorSaltator maximusrecording
- Cinnamon-bellied SaltatorSaltator grandisrecording
- Green-winged SaltatorSaltator similisrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.