Species profile
Broad-winged Hawk
Buteo platypterus
Quick answer
Nearctic migrant. Observed by DP at the edge of HFR on 9 November 2017 (WA 2792378; Fig. 2 A). Only the second record in Acre (Guilherme 2016). Stot et al. (1992) reported the species’ occurrence in neighbouring Rondônia between October and March. This indicates that the record at HFR was within its overwintering period in south-west Amazonia.
- Scientific name
- Buteo platypterus
- Family
- Accipitridae
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- Genus
- Buteo
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Broad-winged Hawk in your journal
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- African Cuckoo-hawk (Aviceda cuculoides)
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- African Hawk-Eagle (Aquila spilogaster)
- African Marsh-harrier (Circus ranivorus)
- Amplibuteo concordatus (Amplibuteo concordatus)
- Amplibuteo hibbardi (Amplibuteo hibbardi)