Variable Hawk
Buteo polyosoma
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderAccipitriformes
- FamilyAccipitridae (Accipítrids)
- GenusButeo (Buteos)
- SpeciesButeo polyosoma (Variable Hawk)
Closest Relatives at Puracé National Natural Park
Broad-winged Hawk
Buteo platypterus
Short-tailed Hawk
Buteo brachyurus
White-tailed Hawk
Buteo albicaudatus
Gray-lined Hawk
Buteo nitidus
Roadside Hawk
Rupornis magnirostris
Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle
Geranoaetus melanoleucus
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Accipiter striatus
American Swallow-tailed Kite
Elanoides forficatus
Black Hawk-Eagle
Spizaetus tyrannus
White-tailed Kite
Elanus leucurus
Barred Hawk
Leucopternis princeps
Buteo leucorrhous
Percnohierax leucorrhous
📅 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 | Lauca National Park | 🇨🇱 Chile | |
| 2 | Península Valdés | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 3 | Cajas National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 4 | Huascarán National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 5 | Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park | 🇨🇱 Chile | |
| 6 | Nahuel Huapi National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 7 | Amboró National Park | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 8 | Paracas National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 9 | Podocarpus National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 10 | Puracé National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 11 | Madidi National Park | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 12 | Tierra del Fuego National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 13 | Torres del Paine National Park | 🇨🇱 Chile | |
| 14 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 15 | Los Nevados National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 16 | Machalilla National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 17 | Cordillera Azul National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Variable Hawk in Puracé National Natural Park?
About 1% of visitor-days record a Variable Hawk sighting in Puracé National Natural Park, based on 8 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Variable Hawk in Puracé National Natural Park?
February has the highest sighting rate for Variable Hawk in Puracé National Natural Park in our monthly data.