Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)
Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) - HBW 2, p. 180
French: Petite Buse
German: Breitflügelbussard
Spanish: Busardo Aliancho
Taxonomy: Sparvius platypterus Vieillot, 1823, near Schuylkill River, Pennsylvania.
Six subspecies normally recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- platypterus (Vieillot, 1823) - C & S Canada to S USA; winters S to Brazil.
- cubanensis Burns, 1911 - Cuba.
- brunnescens Danforth & Smyth, 1935 - Puerto Rico.
- platypterus (Vieillot, 1823) - C & S Canada to S USA; winters S to Brazil.
- cubanensis Burns, 1911 - Cuba.
- brunnescens Danforth & Smyth, 1935 - Puerto Rico.
- insulicola Riley, 1908 - Antigua (Lesser Antilles).
- rivierei A. H. Verrill, 1905 - Dominica, Martinique and St Lucia (Lesser Antilles).
- antillarum Clark, 1905 - St Vincent and Grenada to Tobago.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult feeding chick. Un adulto alimenta su polluelo. Locality Bosque Estatal de Río Abajo, Puerto Rico (ssp brunnescens)
J. Gonzalez y F. Collazo 23 April 2002 4 years ago 1 min 4.6 -
a juvenile perched on a low branch of a tree Locality Tayrona National Natural Park, Magdalena Department, Colombia
Wim ten Have 12 March 2011 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 18 sec 4.4 -
bird perching on a lower tree at forest edge Locality San Lorenzo National Park, Colón Province, Panama
Thore Noernberg 19 November 2012 26 weeks ago 29 sec 4.4 -
A migrant group with some Turkey Vultures Locality Cardel, Veracruz State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp platypterus)
Josep del Hoyo 7 October 2006 5 years ago 26 sec 4.3 -
bird perching on a lower tree Locality San Lorenzo National Park, Colón Province, Panama
Thore Noernberg 19 November 2012 26 weeks ago 20 sec 4.3 -
A close-up of a bird perched Locality Talamanca, Costa Rica (ssp platypterus)
Max Roth 28 February 2001 7 years ago 23 sec 4.2
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Frontal view of a bird perched in a tree.
Locality Jardín, Antioquía Department, Colombia (ssp platypterus)
Joe Tobias 16 February 2007 1 year ago 4.4 -
One bird perched
Locality Río Blanco Reserve, Caldas Department, Colombia
Manakin Nature Tours 29 February 2012 43 weeks ago 4 -
An 1st year bird on a branch
Locality Sainte-Apolline-de-Patton, Quebec, Canada (ssp platypterus)
Guy Poisson 21 June 2012 46 weeks ago 4 -
Frontal view of perched juvenile
Locality Dominica (ssp rivierei)
Mikko Pyhälä 12 June 2009 3 years ago 4 -
Juvenile perched on a high branch.
Locality Altos de Campana National Park, Panama Province, Panama
Alexandra Dennis 7 December 2012 20 weeks ago 3.8 -
Rear-lateral view of perched pale-morph adult
Locality Botanic Gardens St. Vincent, Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (ssp antillarum)
Mikko Pyhälä 9 November 2012 26 weeks ago 3.8
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An adult singing near the nest. Adulto vocalizando cerca del nido. Locality Bosque Estatal de Río Abajo, Puerto Rico
J. Gonzalez y F. Collazo 23 February 2005 3 years ago 3 -
Call Locality Cabañas San Isidro, Napo Province, Ecuador
(ssp platypterus)
Nick Athanas 11 November 2001 3 years ago 0
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