🐾 What Animal Lives Where

Where does the variable hawk live?

Buteo polyosoma has 119,784 records in 11 countries and territories, from 1829 to 2026. Most records come from Chile.

AnimaliaChordataAvesAccipitriformesAccipitridaeButeo

When it is recorded

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Peak month: October. 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.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Chile 46,387
Argentina 29,387
Peru 19,419
Ecuador 18,699
Bolivia 3,007
Falkland Islands 1,887
Colombia 981
United States 13
Venezuela 2
Brazil 1
United Kingdom 1

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. 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.