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[[Image:Broad-winged_Hawk.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Light phase<br />Photo by {{user|NE+Birds+Plus|NE Birds Plus}} (Phil Brown)<br /> Essex, [[Maine]], [[USA]], September 2003]]
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[[Image:Broad-winged_Hawk.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Light phase<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|NE+Birds+Plus|NE Birds Plus}} (Phil Brown)<br /> Essex, [[Maine]], [[USA]], September 2003]]
 
;[[:Category:Buteo|Buteo]] platypterus
 
;[[:Category:Buteo|Buteo]] platypterus
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
 
Length: 34-44 cm (13.5-17.5 in); wingspan: 81-100 cm (31.75-39.25 in); weight: 275-560 g.<br />
 
Length: 34-44 cm (13.5-17.5 in); wingspan: 81-100 cm (31.75-39.25 in); weight: 275-560 g.<br />
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The second smallest buteo in North America, the Broad-winged Hawk is a small, stocky hawk with broad black and white tail bands.
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The second smallest buteo in North America, the Broad-winged Hawk is a small, stocky hawk with broad black and white tail bands. Primary 6 generally less pronounced, giving a 4 fingered appearance.
  
 
There is a rare dark phase morph.
 
There is a rare dark phase morph.
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==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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Breeds in [[North America]] and the [[Caribbean]], winters from southern [[USA]] to [[South America]].  
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[[Image:1047BW HAWK 758 500.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Juvenile<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|blubird|blubird}}<br />Bolinas Lagoon, [[California]], October 2003]]Breeds in [[North America]] and the [[Caribbean]], winters from southern [[USA]] to [[South America]].  
  
 
In summer, the North American range includes from Southern [[Canada]] extending west almost to [[British Columbia]] to Florida and Texas.
 
In summer, the North American range includes from Southern [[Canada]] extending west almost to [[British Columbia]] to Florida and Texas.
  
 
Migrates in large groups called "kettles" from Northern [[South America]] to the Eastern United States. Is often observed in large numbers during migration at "hawk watches" throughout the Eastern U.S and Canada.
 
Migrates in large groups called "kettles" from Northern [[South America]] to the Eastern United States. Is often observed in large numbers during migration at "hawk watches" throughout the Eastern U.S and Canada.
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[[Image:1047BW HAWK 758 500.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Juvenile<br />Photo by {{user|blubird|blubird}}<br />Bolinas Lagoon, [[California]], October 2003]]
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==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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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]].
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====Subspecies====
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[[File:Broad-winged_Hawk_Flight_Cropped_STJN.jpg|thumb|350px|right|''B. p. platypterus''<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|Stanley+Jones|Stanley Jones}}<br />Brazos Center, Bryan, Brazos County, [[Texas]], USA, April 2022]]
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There are 6 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
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*''B. p. platypterus'':
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:*Central and southern [[Canada]] to southern [[US]]; winters to [[Brazil]] and [[Bolivia]]
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*''B. p. cubanensis'':
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:*[[Cuba]]
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*''B. p. brunnescens'':
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:*[[Puerto Rico]]
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*''B. p. insulicola'':
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:*[[Antigua]] ([[Lesser Antilles]])
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*''B. p. rivierei'':
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:*Lesser Antilles ([[Dominica]], [[Martinique]] and [[St. Lucia]])
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*''B. p. antillarum]]:
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:Lesser Antilles ([[St. Vincent]] and [[Grenada]]) to [[Tobago]]
  
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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 increasingly a visitor to [[Hispaniola]].
 
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
 
Whilst preferring deciduous forests, is also found in rainforests and second growth, river valleys and coastal sage scrub.
 
Whilst preferring deciduous forests, is also found in rainforests and second growth, river valleys and coastal sage scrub.
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Most often hunts from perches taking various types of prey.
 
Most often hunts from perches taking various types of prey.
 
====Diet====
 
====Diet====
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Their diet includes snakes and crocodile eggs.
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Their diet consists mostly of small mammals, birds, snakes and crocodile eggs.
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[[Image:Broad-winged_Hawk_inflight.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Photo by {{user|jbissell|jbissell}}<br />Des Moines, [[Iowa]], [[USA]], September 2006]]
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====Breeding====
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They are solitary breeders and construct and untidy stick nest in the crotch of a pine or deciduous tree.
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====Vocalisation====
 
The voice is a characteristic whistle.  
 
The voice is a characteristic whistle.  
 
==References==
 
==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug11}}#BF Member observations
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug18}}#BF Member observations
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#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Mar 2018)
 
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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{{GSearch|Buteo+platypterus}}  
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{{GSearch|"Buteo platypterus" {{!}} "Broad-winged Hawk"}}
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[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Buteo]]
 
[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Buteo]]

Latest revision as of 22:59, 25 October 2023

Light phase
Photo © by NE Birds Plus (Phil Brown)
Essex, Maine, USA, September 2003
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. Primary 6 generally less pronounced, giving a 4 fingered appearance.

There is a rare dark phase morph.

Distribution

Juvenile
Photo © by blubird
Bolinas Lagoon, California, October 2003

Breeds in North America and the Caribbean, winters from southern USA to South America.

In summer, the North American range includes from Southern Canada extending west almost to British Columbia to Florida and Texas.

Migrates in large groups called "kettles" from Northern South America to the Eastern United States. Is often observed in large numbers during migration at "hawk watches" throughout the Eastern U.S and Canada.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

B. p. platypterus
Photo © by Stanley Jones
Brazos Center, Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, USA, April 2022

There are 6 subspecies[1]:

  • B. p. platypterus:
  • B. p. cubanensis:
  • B. p. brunnescens:
  • B. p. insulicola:
  • B. p. rivierei:
  • B. p. antillarum]]:
Lesser Antilles (St. Vincent and Grenada) to Tobago

Habitat

Whilst preferring deciduous forests, is also found in rainforests and second growth, river valleys and coastal sage scrub.

Behaviour

Most often hunts from perches taking various types of prey.

Diet

Their diet consists mostly of small mammals, birds, snakes and crocodile eggs.

Breeding

They are solitary breeders and construct and untidy stick nest in the crotch of a pine or deciduous tree.

Vocalisation

The voice is a characteristic whistle.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. BF Member observations
  3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Mar 2018)

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