🐾 What Animal Lives Where

Where does the Hook-billed Kite live?

Chondrohierax uncinatus has 60,389 records in 24 countries and territories, from 1880 to 2026. Most records come from Ecuador.

AnimaliaChordataAvesAccipitriformesAccipitridaeChondrohierax

When it is recorded

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Peak month: November. 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
Ecuador 13,935
Mexico 8,053
Colombia 7,877
Costa Rica 6,521
Belize 6,393
United States 4,573
Brazil 3,453
Peru 2,228
Panama 1,948
Venezuela 1,201
Guatemala 1,096
Honduras 709
Argentina 520
Grenada 472
Nicaragua 408
El Salvador 242
Bolivia 218
Suriname 187
French Guiana 123
Paraguay 101
Guyana 77
Trinidad & Tobago 48
St Vincent & the Grenadines 4
Chile 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.