Roadside Hawk
Rupornis magnirostris
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderAccipitriformes
- FamilyAccipitridae (Accipítrids)
- GenusRupornis
- SpeciesRupornis magnirostris (Roadside Hawk)
Closest Relatives at Carara National Park
Gray-lined Hawk
Buteo nitidus
Crane Hawk
Geranospiza caerulescens
Plumbeous Kite
Ictinia plumbea
Double-toothed Kite
Harpagus bidentatus
Broad-winged Hawk
Buteo platypterus
Common Black-Hawk
Buteogallus anthracinus
Short-tailed Hawk
Buteo brachyurus
Zone-tailed Hawk
Buteo albonotatus
American Swallow-tailed Kite
Elanoides forficatus
Gray-headed Kite
Leptodon cayanensis
Swainson's Hawk
Buteo swainsoni
White Hawk
Leucopternis albicollis
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
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
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Roadside Hawk in Carara National Park?
About 6% of visitor-days record a Roadside Hawk sighting in Carara National Park, based on 299 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Roadside Hawk in Carara National Park?
June has the highest sighting rate for Roadside Hawk in Carara National Park in our monthly data.