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).
Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) [XC663429]
by Valerie Heemstra from Hiawatha National Forest (near Rapid River), Delta County, Michigan, Nahma Marsh Hiking Trail, United States (begging call, call, insects)
Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) [XC313220]
by David Monroy Rengifo from Serran\u00eda Sadiri, La Paz, Bolivia (call)
Subspecies
The following 6 subspecies are recognised:
platypterus (Vieillot, 1823) - Central and southern Canada to southern USA. Winters south to Brazil.