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12-22-2016

Buteo platypterus brunnescens

Buteo platypterus brunnescens NatureServe Explorer Species Reports — NatureServe Explorer is a source for authoritative conservation information on more than 50,000 plants, animals and ecological communtities of the U.S and Canada. NatureServe Explorer provides in-depth information on rare and endangered species, but includes common plants and animals too. NatureServe Explorer is a product of NatureServe in collaboration with the Natural Heritage Network.

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FWS Digital Media Library — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Digital Library is a searchable collection of selected images, historical artifacts, audio clips, publications, and video. The broad-winged hawk is a medium-sized 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 south 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. The two types of coloration are 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.

Detailed information
Full Name: Puerto Rican Broad-Winged hawk (Buteo platypterus brunnescens)
Where found: Wherever found
Critical Habitat:N/A
Species Group:Birds
Current listing status
Status Date Listed Lead Region Where Listed
Endangered 09/09/1994 Southeast Region (Region 4) Wherever found
  • States/US Territories in which the Puerto Rican Broad-Winged hawk, Wherever found is known to or is believed to occur: Puerto Rico
  • US Counties in which the Puerto Rican Broad-Winged hawk, Wherever found is known to or is believed to occur: View All
  • Countries in which the the Puerto Rican Broad-Winged hawk, Wherever found is known to occur: Puerto Rico
Recovery
No critical habitat rules have been published for the Puerto Rican Broad-Winged hawk.
Date
Title
Plan Action Status
Plan Status
09/08/1997 Puerto Rican Broad-Winged Hawk and Puerto Rican Sharp-Shinned Hawk (Buteo platypterus brunnescens and Accipiter striatus venator) Recovery Plan View Implementation Progress Final
Date
Title
Plan Action Status
Plan Status
09/08/1997 Puerto Rican Broad-Winged Hawk and Puerto Rican Sharp-Shinned Hawk (Buteo platypterus brunnescens and Accipiter striatus venator) Recovery Plan View Implementation Progress Final
Date
Citation Page
Title
Document Type
09/21/2007 72 FR 54061 54062 5-Year Review of 18 Caribbean Species
  • Notice 5-year Review, Initiation
Date
Title
10/28/2010 Puerto Rican broad-winged hawk 5-Year Review
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