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) [XC257371]
by Peter Boesman from Napo: 'Caba\u00f1as San Isidro', 1-2 km SW Cosanga, Ecuador (call, agitated calls)
Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) [XC479508]
by Matt Wistrand from Caroline (near Brooktondale), Tompkins County, New York, United States (song)
Subspecies
The following 6 subspecies are recognised:
platypterus (Vieillot, 1823) - Central and southern Canada to southern USA. Winters south to Brazil.