What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Hook-billed Kite been recorded?

Chondrohierax uncinatus occurrence evidence comes from 615 records in 16 countries and territories, from 1880 to 2026. Most records come from Colombia.

Hook-billed Kite
Hook-billed Kite — Photo (display-sized rendition): thibaudaronson · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AvesAccipitriformesAccipitridaeChondrohierax

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

615 records across 16 countries and territories, 1880–2026.

Chondrohierax uncinatus · GBIF taxon key 2480571

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: October.

10 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: 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.

Records over time

18802026

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

Where Hook-billed Kite has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Hook-billed Kite. 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 269
Mexico 248
United States 32
Argentina 11
Brazil 11
Costa Rica 11
Ecuador 10
Venezuela 5
Peru 4
El Salvador 4
Panama 3
Honduras 2
Belize 1
Guatemala 1
Paraguay 1
Trinidad & Tobago 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.