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) [XC238065]
by John V. Moore from Napo: Cord. de los Guacamayos (1700-1800 m), Ecuador (call, calls)
Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) [XC806519]
by Carlos Henrique Luz Nunes de Almeida from Los Planes, Caba\u00f1as, La Paz Department, Honduras (call)
Subspecies
The following 6 subspecies are recognised:
platypterus (Vieillot, 1823) - Central and southern Canada to southern USA. Winters south to Brazil.