Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus)

Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus)

About Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus)

Kingdom: Animals
Phylum: Chordates
Class: Birds
Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites

The broad-winged hawk is a medium-sized hawk of the genus Buteo. During the summer, some subspecies are distributed over eastern North America, as far west as British Columbia and Texas; they then migrate south to winter in the Neotropics from Mexico south to southern Brazil. Other subspecies are all-year residents on Caribbean islands. As in most raptors, females are slightly larger than males. Broad-winged hawks' wings are relatively short and broad with a tapered, somewhat pointed appearance. The two types of coloration are a dark morph with fewer white areas and a light morph that is more pale overall. Although the broad-winged hawk's numbers are relatively stable, populations are declining in some parts of its breeding range because of forest fragmentation.

Source: Wikipedia

Lifelists

Trips

Visits

2006-10-08

Marin Headlands, United States of America

Saw one and possible two juvenile.
2006-12-17

Mindo - Bellavista, Ecuador
2007-10-10

Cardel, Mexico
2009-01-26

Mountain Pine Ridge, Belize
2009-02-18

Parque National Palo Verde, Costa Rica
2009-02-25

Corcovado National Park - La Sirena, Costa Rica
2009-03-09

Cana Station, Panama

Kettles of several hundred hawks were seen daily.
2009-03-15

Boca de Cupe, Panama
2009-03-19

Punta Patino, Panama
2012-07-09

Sax-Zim Bog, United States of America
2013-04-14

Austin, United States of America
2013-04-19

Bolivar Peninsula, United States of America
2015-10-27

Parque Nacional Soberania, Panama
2015-10-28

Parque Nacional Soberania, Panama
2021-05-09

Camp Meeker, United States of America
2023-02-09

La Linea, Colombia
2023-02-10

Santa Rita, Colombia
2023-02-11

Coffee Farm, Colombia
2023-02-13

Verada Rio Claro, Colombia
2023-09-30

La Selva, Costa Rica
2024-01-28

Vinales, Cuba
2024-03-27

Cerro del Fortin, Mexico
2024-03-29

San Jose del Pacifico, Mexico
2025-03-23

Vermont Nature Trail, Saint Vincent and Grenadines
2025-03-23

Amazona Nest, Saint Vincent and Grenadines
2025-03-24

La Soufriere Volcano, Saint Vincent and Grenadines
2025-03-24

Amazona Nest, Saint Vincent and Grenadines
2025-03-25

Amazona Nest, Saint Vincent and Grenadines
2025-03-25

Montreal Gardens, Saint Vincent and Grenadines
2025-03-26

Mt. Hartman National Park, Grenada
2025-03-28

Des Cartier Rainforest, Saint Lucia
2025-03-29

Diamond Falls Botanical Gardens, Saint Lucia
2025-03-30

Grand Eden Estate, Saint Lucia
2025-04-06

Middleham Falls, Dominica
2025-04-07

Syndicate Nature Trail, Dominica
2025-04-07

Colihaut, Dominica
2025-04-08

Syndicate Nature Trail, Dominica