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 Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensis
Swainson's Hawk
Buteo swainsoni
Zone-tailed Hawk
Buteo albonotatus
Ferruginous Hawk
Buteo regalis
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Accipiter striatus
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneus
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
Common Black-Hawk
Buteogallus anthracinus
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes aura
Osprey
Pandion haliaetus
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Gray-lined Hawk at Guadalupe Mountains 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