Great Black-Hawk
Buteogallus urubitinga
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderAccipitriformes
- FamilyAccipitridae (Accipítrids)
- GenusButeogallus (Black Hawks and Allies)
- SpeciesButeogallus urubitinga (Great Black-Hawk)
Closest Relatives at Ostional Wildlife Refuge
Common Black-Hawk
Buteogallus anthracinus
Broad-winged Hawk
Buteo platypterus
Roadside Hawk
Rupornis magnirostris
Crane Hawk
Geranospiza caerulescens
Double-toothed Kite
Harpagus bidentatus
Short-tailed Hawk
Buteo brachyurus
Gray-lined Hawk
Buteo nitidus
Plumbeous Kite
Ictinia plumbea
Zone-tailed Hawk
Buteo albonotatus
Gray-headed Kite
Leptodon cayanensis
White-tailed Hawk
Buteo albicaudatus
Hook-billed Kite
Chondrohierax uncinatus
📅 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 Great Black-Hawk in Ostional Wildlife Refuge?
About 1% of visitor-days record a Great Black-Hawk sighting in Ostional Wildlife Refuge, based on 8 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Great Black-Hawk in Ostional Wildlife Refuge?
October has the highest sighting rate for Great Black-Hawk in Ostional Wildlife Refuge in our monthly data.