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 Buteo platypterus brunnescens)
J. Gonzalez y F. Collazo 23 April 2002 2 years ago 1 min 4.6 -
A frontal view of a bird on a branch and then flying away Locality Loro Orejiamarillo Natural Reserve, Jardín, Antioquía Department, Colombia (ssp platypterus)
Josep del Hoyo 15 February 2007 4 years ago 27 sec 4.4 -
A juvenile in a tree, and flying away. Locality Swallow Falls State Park, Garrett County, Maryland, USA (United States)
Robert Schaefer 24 May 2008 2 years ago 36 sec 4.3 -
A close-up of a bird perched Locality Talamanca, Costa Rica (ssp platypterus)
Max Roth 28 February 2001 6 years ago 23 sec 4.2 -
A migrant group with some Turkey Vultures Locality Cardel, Veracruz State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp platypterus)
Josep del Hoyo 7 October 2006 4 years ago 26 sec 4 -
A bird perched on a dead tree, drying from the rain and calling repeatedly Locality Zapata Peninsula, Matanzas Province, Cuba (ssp cubanensis)
Josep del Hoyo 31 July 2004 6 years ago 48 sec 4
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Frontal view of a bird perched in a tree.
Locality Jardín, Antioquía Department, Colombia
Joe Tobias 16 February 2007 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4.5 -
Frontal view of perched juvenile
Locality Dominica (ssp rivierei)
Mikko Pyhälä 12 June 2009 2 years ago 3.8 -
A frontal view of a juvenile.
Locality Santa Marta, Magdalena Department, Colombia (ssp platypterus)
Ken Havard 6 January 2012 6 days ago ADDED LAST WEEK 3.7 -
bird on a branch
Locality Betania Dam, Huila Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 29 December 2009 2 years ago 3.6 -
Perched bird on North Coast.
Locality Trinidad and Tobago
anushkaseemungal 10 April 2011 40 weeks ago 3.5 -
Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) YOUNG
Locality Bogotá, Colombia
Pedro Arturo Camargo Mart... 47 weeks ago 3.5
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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 2 years ago 3 -
Call Locality Cabañas San Isidro, Napo Province, Ecuador
(ssp platypterus)
Nick Athanas 11 November 2001 2 years ago 0
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