Where to see
Buteogallus anthracinus
Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve leads · 19 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Common Black-Hawk during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 2 | Coiba National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 3 | Bastimentos Island National Marine Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 4 | Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Ostional Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Las Baulas Marine National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Tortuguero National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 10 | Utría National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 11 | Celestún Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 12 | Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 13 | Cahuita National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 14 | Tayrona National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 15 | Marino Ballena National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 16 | Caroni Swamp | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 17 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 18 | Santa Rosa National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 19 | Manuel Antonio National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve
In Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Mexico, about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Common Black-Hawk sighting on a given day, the highest of the 19 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Coiba National Park and more
After Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, the next-best odds of seeing a Common Black-Hawk are in Coiba National Park (Panama, about 50%), Bastimentos Island National Marine Park (Panama, about 40%) and Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge (Costa Rica, about 40%). Outside North America, the best options are Coiba National Park in Central America (about 50%) and Utría National Natural Park in South America (about 30%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are January–February and July in Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve (about 60%), November in Coiba National Park (about 70%) and January–April and July in Bastimentos Island National Marine Park (about 50%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Common Black-Hawk on a given day. Each park's Common Black-Hawk page has the full month-by-month chart.
