Swainson's Hawk

Closest Relatives at Big Bend National Park

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Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Probability
1	El Palmar National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	10–20%
2	Badlands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	10–20%
3	Yellowstone National Park	🇺🇸 United States	10–20%
4	Grand Teton National Park	🇺🇸 United States	0–10%
5	San Lorenzo Protected Forest	🇵🇦 Panama	0–10%
6	Soberanía National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	0–10%
7	Darién National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	0–10%
8	Big Bend National Park	🇺🇸 United States	0–10%
9	Palo Verde National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	0–10%
10	Parque Natural Metropolitano	🇵🇦 Panama	0–10%
11	Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
12	Cahuita National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
13	La Amistad International Park (Panama)	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
14	Grand Canyon National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
15	Everglades National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
16	Bastimentos Island National Marine Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
17	Chagres National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
18	Guadalupe Mountains National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
19	Santa Rosa National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
20	Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
21	Los Quetzales National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
22	Death Valley National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
23	Joshua Tree National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
24	Rocky Mountain National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
25	Tortuguero National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
26	Braulio Carrillo National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
27	Elk Island National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
28	Volcán Barú National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
29	Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
30	Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
31	Chirripó National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
32	Tenorio Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
33	Carara National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
34	Iberá National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	<5%
35	Cumbres de Monterrey National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
36	Los Nevados National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	<5%
37	Cañón del Sumidero National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
38	Zion National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
39	Sierra de la Macarena National Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	<5%
40	Glacier National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
41	Arenal Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
42	Banff National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
43	Pacific Rim National Park Reserve	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
44	Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
45	Yosemite National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
46	Channel Islands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
47	Farallones de Cali National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	<5%
48	Great Bear Rainforest	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
49	Olympic National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
50	Celaque National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	Insufficient data
51	Kluane National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data
52	Coiba National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data
53	Riding Mountain National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data
54	Poás Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
55	Irazú Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
56	Manuel Antonio National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
57	Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
58	El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	Insufficient data
59	Chingaza National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	Insufficient data
60	Rincón de la Vieja National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
61	Jasper National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data
62	Masaya Volcano National Park	🇳🇮 Nicaragua	Insufficient data
63	Tijuca National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	Insufficient data
64	Podocarpus National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	Insufficient data
65	Marino Ballena National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
66	Piedras Blancas National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
67	Corcovado National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
68	Denali National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
69	Point Pelee National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Swainson's Hawk in Big Bend National Park?

About 5% of visitor-days record a Swainson's Hawk sighting in Big Bend National Park, based on 242 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Swainson's Hawk in Big Bend National Park?

May has the highest sighting rate for Swainson's Hawk in Big Bend National Park in our monthly data.