Broad-winged Hawk
Buteo platypterus
38.6167, -90.6936
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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