Swainson's Hawk
Buteo swainsoni
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderAccipitriformes
- FamilyAccipitridae (Accipítrids)
- GenusButeo (Buteos)
- SpeciesButeo swainsoni (Swainson's Hawk)
Closest Relatives at Soberanía National Park
Broad-winged Hawk
Buteo platypterus
Short-tailed Hawk
Buteo brachyurus
Gray-lined Hawk
Buteo nitidus
Zone-tailed Hawk
Buteo albonotatus
Snail Kite
Rostrhamus sociabilis
Double-toothed Kite
Harpagus bidentatus
Crane Hawk
Geranospiza caerulescens
Gray-headed Kite
Leptodon cayanensis
Black Hawk-Eagle
Spizaetus tyrannus
Mississippi Kite
Ictinia mississippiensis
Semiplumbeous Hawk
Leucopternis semiplumbeus
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 Swainson's Hawk in Soberanía National Park?
About 7% of visitor-days record a Swainson's Hawk sighting in Soberanía National Park, based on 646 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Swainson's Hawk in Soberanía National Park?
March has the highest sighting rate for Swainson's Hawk in Soberanía National Park in our monthly data.