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Broad-winged Hawk

Buteo platypterus

Photo by JimBob
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Field Notes

Description:

The Broad-winged Hawk is a small 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 down to southern Brazil.

Habitat:

Oak woodland, with a few other tree species here and there.

Notes:

Saw this guy while on a short trip in Missouri.

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PublishedApril 15, 2014

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