What Animal Lives Where

Where has the White-tailed hawk been recorded?

Buteo albicaudatus occurrence evidence comes from 1,605 records in 14 countries and territories, from 1878 to 2026. Most records come from Colombia.

White-tailed hawk
White-tailed hawk — Photo (display-sized rendition): Agecom Bahia from Bahia/Brazil · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AvesAccipitriformesAccipitridaeButeo

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

1,605 records across 14 countries and territories, 1878–2026.

Buteo albicaudatus · GBIF taxon key 2480519

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-08-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: February.

12 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: February. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

18782026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where White-tailed hawk has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for White-tailed hawk. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Colombia 890
United States 526
Mexico 68
Argentina 35
Brazil 28
Guyana 15
Paraguay 10
Bolivia 9
Venezuela 8
Uruguay 7
Nicaragua 5
Costa Rica 2
Belize 1
Curaçao 1

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.