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Buteo platypterus |
The Broad-winged Hawk, Buteo platypterus, is a small hawk.
Adults have short broad wings, dark brown upperparts and evenly-spaced black and white bands on the tail. There are two colour forms:
These birds are a long distance migrants, wintering in Central and South America. They travel in large flocks during migration.
These birds wait on a perch and swoop down on prey, also sometimes flying in search of prey. They mainly eat small mammals, amphibians, reptiles, small birds and large insects.
Although this bird's numbers are relatively stable, populations are declining in some parts of its range due to forest fragmentation.