Broad-winged Hawk
Buteo platypterus
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- Family
- Accipitridae
- Genus
- Buteo
- eBird Code
- brwhaw
Vocalizations
Mary Krieger · CC_BY_4_0
Eric Schmidt · CC_BY_4_0
Dani Alba · CC_BY_4_0
Subspecies (6)
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Buteo platypterus antillarum
Lesser Antilles (St. Vincent and Grenada) to Tobago
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Buteo platypterus brunnescens
Puerto Rico
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Buteo platypterus cubanensis
Cuba
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Buteo platypterus insulicola
Antigua (Lesser Antilles)
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Buteo platypterus platypterus
breeds central and southern Canada to southern USA; winters to Brazil and Bolivia
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Buteo platypterus rivierei
Lesser Antilles (Dominica, Martinique, and St. Lucia)
Data Sources
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.