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Fairly common in humid lowland forest edges, farms and gardens all over Costa Rica and is found from Mexico south through most of South America. When you get a front view, you see the unique buff-colored (beige to pinkish) spot on his throat with a black border. There are many examples in my Buff-throated Saltator Gallery, just did not get that view with this one in my garden last week.
¡Pura Vida!
One of four species of Saltators in Costa Rica, Buff-throated Saltator, Saltator maximus (my gallery link), is one of the more common species quietly eating fruit, berries and seeds in the trees from lowlands to 1800 meters on both slopes of Costa Rica and found from Mexico to South America. Read more about on eBird. Here’s 3 shots from my garden in Atenas, Alajuela, Costa Rica . . .
