Short-tailed Hawk
Buteo brachyurus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderAccipitriformes
- FamilyAccipitridae (Accipítrids)
- GenusButeo (Buteos)
- SpeciesButeo brachyurus (Short-tailed Hawk)
Closest Relatives at Manuel Antonio National Park
Broad-winged Hawk
Buteo platypterus
Gray-lined Hawk
Buteo nitidus
Zone-tailed Hawk
Buteo albonotatus
Swainson's Hawk
Buteo swainsoni
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensis
Roadside Hawk
Rupornis magnirostris
Common Black-Hawk
Buteogallus anthracinus
Double-toothed Kite
Harpagus bidentatus
White-tailed Kite
Elanus leucurus
Crane Hawk
Geranospiza caerulescens
American Swallow-tailed Kite
Elanoides forficatus
Great Black-Hawk
Buteogallus urubitinga
📅 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 Short-tailed Hawk in Manuel Antonio National Park?
About 4% of visitor-days record a Short-tailed Hawk sighting in Manuel Antonio National Park, based on 57 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Short-tailed Hawk in Manuel Antonio National Park?
December has the highest sighting rate for Short-tailed Hawk in Manuel Antonio National Park in our monthly data.