Description A Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) in Marlboro, Vermont, USA
Date 23 April 2007 (original upload date)
Source Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons.
Author Original uploader was JulieFromVT (Julie Waters) at en.wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:JulieFromVT
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Julie_Waters_broad_winged_hawk.JPG

The broad-winged hawk (Buteo platypterus) 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. Other subspecies are all-year residents on Caribbean islands. As in most raptors, females are slightly larger than males. Broad-winged hawks' wings are relatively short and broad with a tapered, somewhat pointed appearance. There are two types of colouration: a dark morph with fewer white areas and a light morph that is more pale overall. Although the broad-winged hawk's numbers are relatively stable, populations are declining in some parts of its breeding range because of forest fragmentation. Order: Accipitriformes, Family: Accipitridae.