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 Poás Volcano National Park
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensis
Short-tailed Hawk
Buteo brachyurus
Broad-winged Hawk
Buteo platypterus
Swainson's Hawk
Buteo swainsoni
American Swallow-tailed Kite
Elanoides forficatus
Black Hawk-Eagle
Spizaetus tyrannus
Barred Hawk
Leucopternis princeps
White-tailed Kite
Elanus leucurus
Ornate Hawk-Eagle
Spizaetus ornatus
Roadside Hawk
Rupornis magnirostris
White Hawk
Leucopternis albicollis
Harris' Hawk
Parabuteo unicinctus
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Gray-lined Hawk at Poás Volcano 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