Broad-winged Hawk

Buteo platypterus - Petite Buse

Petite Buse
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Accipitriformes

  • Family
    :

    Accipitridés

  • Genus
    :

    Buteo

  • Species
    :

    platypterus

Descriptor

Vieillot, 1823

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 44 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 86 à 100 cm.
  • Weight
    : 265 à 560 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Petite Buse
adult
Petite Buse
immature

Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) is a species of bird in the Accipitridae family.

Subspecific information 6 subspecies

  • Buteo platypterus platypterus (c and se Canada, e USA)
  • Buteo platypterus cubanensis (Cuba)
  • Buteo platypterus brunnescens (Puerto Rico)
  • Buteo platypterus insulicola (Antigua I.. Lesser Antilles.)
  • Buteo platypterus rivierei (Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia. Lesser Antilles.)
  • Buteo platypterus antillarum (St. Vincent, Grenada. Lesser Antilles. Tobago)

Foreign names

  • Petite Buse,
  • Busardo aliancho,
  • gavião-de-asa-larga,
  • Breitflügelbussard,
  • szélesszárnyú ölyv,
  • Breedvleugelbuizerd,
  • Poiana alilarghe,
  • bredvingad vråk,
  • Bredvingevåk,
  • myšiak širokokrídly,
  • káně širokokřídlá,
  • Bredvinget Våge,
  • viheltäjähiirihaukka,
  • aligot d'ales amples,
  • myszołów szerokoskrzydły,
  • platspārnu klijāns,
  • Ширококрылый канюк,
  • ハネビロノスリ,
  • 巨翅鵟,
  • bredvingad vråk,
  • 巨翅鵟,

Voice song and call

Petite Buse
juvenile

Habitat

Petite Buse
adult

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Plantations

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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