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[[Image:Broad-winged_Hawk.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by NE Birds Plus (Phil Brown)<br/>Location: Essex, Maine, USA]] | [[Image:Broad-winged_Hawk.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by NE Birds Plus (Phil Brown)<br/>Location: Essex, Maine, USA]] | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
Length: 34-44 cm (13.5-17.5 in); wingspan: 81-100 cm (31.75-39.25 in); weight: 275-560 g. | Length: 34-44 cm (13.5-17.5 in); wingspan: 81-100 cm (31.75-39.25 in); weight: 275-560 g. | ||
| − | The second smallest buteo in North America, the Broad-winged Hawk is a small, stocky hawk with broad black and white tail bands. | + | The second smallest buteo in North America, the Broad-winged Hawk is a small, stocky hawk with broad black and white tail bands. The photos show the more common light phase; a dark phase occurs but is rare. |
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| + | ==Distribution and Taxonomy== | ||
| + | The nominate race (''platypterus'') is a well known buteo of the [[USA]] and southern [[Canada]] east of the Rockies. This subspecies is a migrant wintering south to northern half of [[South America]]. Five other non-migratory subspecies occur in the [[Caribbean]]: ''cubanensis'', ''brunnescens'', ''insulicola'', ''rivierei'', and ''antillarum'', with populations on [[Cuba]], [[Puerto Rico]], and most islands in the [[Lesser Antilles]] reaching south to [[Grenada]]. It is incresingly a visitor to [[Hispaniola]]. | ||
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==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | Prefers deciduous forests | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| − | + | Most often hunts from perches taking cold-blooded prey | |
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Buteo+platypterus}} | {{GSearch|Buteo+platypterus}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]] | [[Category:Birds]] | ||
Revision as of 01:05, 22 January 2008
- Buteo platypterus
Identification
Length: 34-44 cm (13.5-17.5 in); wingspan: 81-100 cm (31.75-39.25 in); weight: 275-560 g. The second smallest buteo in North America, the Broad-winged Hawk is a small, stocky hawk with broad black and white tail bands. The photos show the more common light phase; a dark phase occurs but is rare.
Distribution and Taxonomy
The nominate race (platypterus) is a well known buteo of the USA and southern Canada east of the Rockies. This subspecies is a migrant wintering south to northern half of South America. Five other non-migratory subspecies occur in the Caribbean: cubanensis, brunnescens, insulicola, rivierei, and antillarum, with populations on Cuba, Puerto Rico, and most islands in the Lesser Antilles reaching south to Grenada. It is incresingly a visitor to Hispaniola.
Habitat
Prefers deciduous forests
Behaviour
Most often hunts from perches taking cold-blooded prey
