Broad-winged Hawk
Buteo platypterus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderAccipitriformes
- FamilyAccipitridae (Accipítrids)
- GenusButeo (Buteos)
- SpeciesButeo platypterus (Broad-winged Hawk)
The broad-winged hawk (Buteo platypterus) is a medium-sized hawk of the genus Buteo. During the summer, some subspecies are distributed over eastern North America, as far west as British Columbia and Texas; they then migrate south to winter in the Neotropics from Mexico south to southern Brazil. Other subspecies are all-year residents on Caribbean islands. As in most raptors, females are slightly larger than males. Broad-winged hawks' wings are relatively short and broad with a tapered, somewhat pointed appearance. The two types of coloration are a dark morph with fewer white areas and a light morph that is more pale overall. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Iguazú National Park
Short-tailed Hawk
Buteo brachyurus
White-tailed Hawk
Buteo albicaudatus
Zone-tailed Hawk
Buteo albonotatus
Roadside Hawk
Rupornis magnirostris
Plumbeous Kite
Ictinia plumbea
Snail Kite
Rostrhamus sociabilis
Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle
Spizaetus melanoleucus
American Swallow-tailed Kite
Elanoides forficatus
Tiny Hawk
Accipiter superciliosus
Black-collared Hawk
Busarellus nigricollis
Rufous-thighed Kite
Harpagus diodon
Gray-headed Kite
Leptodon cayanensis
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Broad-winged Hawk at Iguazú National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there