Gray-lined Hawk
Buteo nitidus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderAccipitriformes
- FamilyAccipitridae (Accipítrids)
- GenusButeo (Buteos)
- SpeciesButeo nitidus (Gray-lined Hawk)
Closest Relatives at Machalilla National Park
Zone-tailed Hawk
Buteo albonotatus
Short-tailed Hawk
Buteo brachyurus
Variable Hawk
Buteo polyosoma
Hook-billed Kite
Chondrohierax uncinatus
Gray-backed Hawk
Leucopternis occidentalis
Crane Hawk
Geranospiza caerulescens
Great Black-Hawk
Buteogallus urubitinga
Harris' Hawk
Parabuteo unicinctus
American Swallow-tailed Kite
Elanoides forficatus
Plumbeous Kite
Ictinia plumbea
Savanna Hawk
Buteogallus meridionalis
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 Gray-lined Hawk in Machalilla National Park?
About 13% of visitor-days record a Gray-lined Hawk sighting in Machalilla National Park, based on 116 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Gray-lined Hawk in Machalilla National Park?
December has the highest sighting rate for Gray-lined Hawk in Machalilla National Park in our monthly data.