Broad-winged Hawk

About this species

This species has 1,213,972 occurrence records from 39 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (67.2%), Canada (15.9%), Costa Rica (5.3%), Colombia (4%) and Panama (2%); together they account for 94.4% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.073% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Buteo platypterus combines the genus name Buteo with the species epithet platypterus. The Warbla app catalog lists 27 species of the genus Buteo; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Buteo jamaicensis, Buteo buteo and Buteo lineatus.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 195 species of the family Accipitridae. This species ranks 15th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Buteo jamaicensis. Its record count is 3 times the family average (411,236). The family Accipitridae belongs to the order Accipitriformes, which has 213 species in the Warbla app catalog.

More birds in the family Accipitridae

• Red-tailed Hawk
• Common Buzzard
• Red-shouldered Hawk
• Gray-lined hawk
• Long-legged Buzzard
• Jackal Buzzard

Credits & data sources

• Wikidata
• GBIF.org