Roadside Hawk
Rupornis magnirostris
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderAccipitriformes
- FamilyAccipitridae (Accipítrids)
- GenusRupornis
- SpeciesRupornis magnirostris (Roadside Hawk)
Closest Relatives at Piedras Blancas National Park
American Swallow-tailed Kite
Elanoides forficatus
Broad-winged Hawk
Buteo platypterus
Double-toothed Kite
Harpagus bidentatus
Short-tailed Hawk
Buteo brachyurus
Gray-lined Hawk
Buteo nitidus
White Hawk
Leucopternis albicollis
Black Hawk-Eagle
Spizaetus tyrannus
Gray-headed Kite
Leptodon cayanensis
Common Black-Hawk
Buteogallus anthracinus
White-tailed Kite
Elanus leucurus
Zone-tailed Hawk
Buteo albonotatus
Savanna Hawk
Buteogallus meridionalis
📅 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 Piedras Blancas National Park?
About 38% of visitor-days record a Roadside Hawk sighting in Piedras Blancas National Park, based on 700 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Roadside Hawk in Piedras Blancas National Park?
October has the highest sighting rate for Roadside Hawk in Piedras Blancas National Park in our monthly data.