Broad-winged hawk
| Broad-winged Hawk | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom Information | |
| Domain | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Subkingdom | Bilateria |
| Branch | Deuterostomia |
| Phylum Information | |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Sub-phylum | Vertebrata |
| Infraphylum | Gnathostomata |
| Class Information | |
| Superclass | Tetrapoda |
| Class | Aves |
| Sub-class | Neornithes |
| Infra-class | Neoaves |
| Order Information | |
| Order | Accipitriformes |
| Sub-order | Accipitres |
| Family Information | |
| Superfamily | Accipitroidea |
| Family | Accipitridae |
| Sub-family | Buteoninae |
| Genus Information | |
| Genus | Buteo |
| Species Information | |
| Species | B. platypterus |
| Population statistics | |
| Population | Unknown (2016 est.)[1] |
| Conservation status | Least concern[2] |
The broad-winged hawk (Buteo platypterus) is a species of bird of prey of the family Accipitridae,
Description
The broad-winged hawk is a medium-sized raptor, with a body length of 13 to 17 inches, a wingspan of 29 to 39 inches, and weigh 9.3 to 19.8 ounces. Females are slightly larger than males. Adult birds are dark brown above, with a white chest and belly barred horizontally in reddish brown; light morphs show more white on the underside. The wings are whitish underneath, lightly-barred, with the ends of the primaries and secondaries dark in color, giving the wings a single wide outline when seen in flight; the wings also end in a taper, the only buteonine hawk to have this distinction. The tail is marked with alternating dark grey-black and white bands. Juvenile birds are similar to adults, with a whiter chest and belly marked with vertical barring. A rare, dark color morph (the bird is dark brown throughout) is found in western North America, found in one in 1,000 individuals[3].
Subspecies
- Buteo platypterus platypterus; Central and southern Canada to southern United States; winters in South America to Brazil and Bolivia
- Buteo platypterus brunnescens; Puerto Rico
- Buteo platypterus cubanensis; Cuba
- Buteo platypterus insulicola; Lesser Antilles: Antigua
- Buteo platypterus rivierei; Lesser Antilles: Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia
- Buteo platypterus antillarum; Lesser Antilles: St. Vincent, Grenada, south to Tobago