Green-winged Saltator

Slightly smaller than other species of the same genus, it has the same strong black beak that gave rise to the common name of these birds. As in the Saltator maximus , it has a green back, gray tail and sides of the head. The superciliary stripe is the longest of the three species (adult bird), with the "mustache" less defined and the throat all white. Underneath, gray dominates on the sides, becoming orange brown and white in the center of the belly. The wings are greenish. The juvenile does not have such a long stripe, being the same failed or nonexistent, right after leaving the nest. Some juveniles are striped below. Very energetic and fortified beak (which gave the name "iron crack"), with tail differentiated in size. There are no bodily differences between males and females. Its singing varies slightly from region to region, although it maintains the same timbre.

It lives in edges of forests and clearings. It is always associated with forests, occupying the middle and upper strata. It is distributed in the central part of Brazil and the northeast, in Bahia in the south of the country, Rio Grande do Sul and throughout the Southeast region, in addition to neighboring international borders, such as Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay.

Saltator similis is a typical omnivore, feeding on fruits, insects, seeds, leaves, and flowers (like those of the Ypê). It enjoys the fruits of tapiá or tanheiro (Alchornea glandulosa). The male usually brings food to the female.