Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
Broad-winged Hawk*
Id (Atlas):
Buteo platypterus
Description (10 )
Broad-winged Hawk
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Family
Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)
Size
35 - 43 cm
First Described (Guide )
(Vieillot, 1823)
Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From sea-level - 3,000 m, occasionally to 4,000 m.
Anguilla, Antigua And Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada (B) (P), Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Grenada (B), Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Martinique, Mexico, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, St Kitts And Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and The Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, USA (B), Venezuela.
Vagrant to Argentina, Jamaica.
Population
Estimated population is 1,800,000 (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (41)... )
Listen to XC313220
Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus ) [XC313220 ]
by David Monroy Rengifo from Serran\u00eda Sadiri, La Paz, Bolivia (call)
Listen to XC842572
Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus ) [XC842572 ]
by Valerie Heemstra from Avenida Tupiniquins, 88-130 (near S\u00e3o Vicente), S\u00e3o Vicente, S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil (call)
Subspecies
The following 6 subspecies are recognised:
platypterus (Vieillot, 1823) - Central and southern Canada to southern USA. Winters south to Brazil.
cubanensis Burns, FL, 1911 - Cuba.
brunnescens Danforth & Smyth, 1935 - Puerto Rico.
insulicola Riley, 1908 - Antigua (Lesser Antilles).
rivierei Verrill, AH, 1905 - Dominica, Martinique and St Lucia (Lesser Antilles).
antillarum Clark, AH, 1905 - St Vincent and Grenada to Tobago.
References
See References .
Files:
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For more information about the Broad-winged Hawk see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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