Broad-winged hawk

Broad-winged hawk
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Buteo
Species:
B. platypterus
Binomial name
Buteo platypterus
(Vieillot, 1823)
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The broad-winged hawk (Buteo platypterus) 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.[2] Other subspecies are all-year residents on Caribbean islands.[3] 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.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Buteo platypterus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22695891A93532112. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22695891A93532112.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference avibase was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Broad-winged Hawk". Bird Watcher's Digest. 14 June 2017. Retrieved September 26, 2017.