Gray-lined Hawk
Buteo nitidus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderAccipitriformes
- FamilyAccipitridae (Accipítrids)
- GenusButeo (Buteos)
- SpeciesButeo nitidus (Gray-lined Hawk)
The gray-lined hawk (Buteo nitidus) is a smallish raptor found in open country and forest edges. It is sometimes placed in the genus Asturina as Asturina nitida. The species has been split by the American Ornithological Society from the gray hawk. The gray-lined hawk is found from El Salvador to Argentina, as well as on the Caribbean island of Trinidad. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Amboró National Park
Short-tailed Hawk
Buteo brachyurus
Variable Hawk
Buteo polyosoma
White-tailed Hawk
Buteo albicaudatus
Zone-tailed Hawk
Buteo albonotatus
Roadside Hawk
Rupornis magnirostris
White Hawk
Leucopternis albicollis
Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle
Geranoaetus melanoleucus
American Swallow-tailed Kite
Elanoides forficatus
Plumbeous Kite
Ictinia plumbea
White-tailed Kite
Elanus leucurus
Savanna Hawk
Buteogallus meridionalis
Solitary Eagle
Harpyhaliaetus solitarius
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Gray-lined Hawk at Amboró National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ 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