Roadside Hawk
Rupornis magnirostris
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderAccipitriformes
- FamilyAccipitridae (Accipítrids)
- GenusRupornis
- SpeciesRupornis magnirostris (Roadside Hawk)
Closest Relatives at Chagres National Park
American Swallow-tailed Kite
Elanoides forficatus
Broad-winged Hawk
Buteo platypterus
Black Hawk-Eagle
Spizaetus tyrannus
Double-toothed Kite
Harpagus bidentatus
White Hawk
Leucopternis albicollis
Short-tailed Hawk
Buteo brachyurus
Solitary Eagle
Harpyhaliaetus solitarius
Plumbeous Kite
Ictinia plumbea
Zone-tailed Hawk
Buteo albonotatus
Swainson's Hawk
Buteo swainsoni
Mississippi Kite
Ictinia mississippiensis
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 Roadside Hawk in Chagres National Park?
About 4% of visitor-days record a Roadside Hawk sighting in Chagres National Park, based on 52 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Roadside Hawk in Chagres National Park?
November has the highest sighting rate for Roadside Hawk in Chagres National Park in our monthly data.