Swainson's Hawk
Buteo swainsoni
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderAccipitriformes
- FamilyAccipitridae (Accipítrids)
- GenusButeo (Buteos)
- SpeciesButeo swainsoni (Swainson's Hawk)
Closest Relatives at Carara National Park
Gray-lined Hawk
Buteo nitidus
Broad-winged Hawk
Buteo platypterus
Short-tailed Hawk
Buteo brachyurus
Zone-tailed Hawk
Buteo albonotatus
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensis
Crane Hawk
Geranospiza caerulescens
Roadside Hawk
Rupornis magnirostris
Plumbeous Kite
Ictinia plumbea
Double-toothed Kite
Harpagus bidentatus
Common Black-Hawk
Buteogallus anthracinus
American Swallow-tailed Kite
Elanoides forficatus
Gray-headed Kite
Leptodon cayanensis
📅 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 Swainson's Hawk in Carara National Park?
About 1% of visitor-days record a Swainson's Hawk sighting in Carara National Park, based on 24 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Swainson's Hawk in Carara National Park?
October has the highest sighting rate for Swainson's Hawk in Carara National Park in our monthly data.