Cinereous Harrier
Circus cinereus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderAccipitriformes
- FamilyAccipitridae (Accipítrids)
- GenusCircus (Harriers)
- SpeciesCircus cinereus (Cinereous Harrier)
Closest Relatives at Puracé National Natural Park
Roadside Hawk
Rupornis magnirostris
Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle
Geranoaetus melanoleucus
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Accipiter striatus
Broad-winged Hawk
Buteo platypterus
American Swallow-tailed Kite
Elanoides forficatus
Black Hawk-Eagle
Spizaetus tyrannus
White-tailed Kite
Elanus leucurus
Variable Hawk
Buteo polyosoma
Short-tailed Hawk
Buteo brachyurus
Barred Hawk
Leucopternis princeps
Buteo leucorrhous
Percnohierax leucorrhous
White-tailed Hawk
Buteo albicaudatus
📅 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
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Torres del Paine National Park | 🇨🇱 Chile | |
| 2 | Península Valdés | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 3 | Iberá National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 4 | Nahuel Huapi National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 5 | Lauca National Park | 🇨🇱 Chile | |
| 6 | Puracé National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 7 | Tierra del Fuego National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 8 | Huascarán National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 9 | Amboró National Park | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 10 | Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park | 🇨🇱 Chile | |
| 11 | Cajas National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 12 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Cinereous Harrier in Puracé National Natural Park?
About 1% of visitor-days record a Cinereous Harrier sighting in Puracé National Natural Park, based on 5 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Cinereous Harrier in Puracé National Natural Park?
November has the highest sighting rate for Cinereous Harrier in Puracé National Natural Park in our monthly data.