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• Distribution map
• Reference and further resources

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.
SACC. 2005 and updates. A classification of the bird species of South America. Available at: https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2024	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Migratory status	full migrant	Forest dependency	medium
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	14,000,000 km2	medium
Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding)	15,000,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	1600000-2000000 mature individuals	poor	estimated	2020
Population trend	increasing	-	estimated	-
Generation length	5.82 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population has been estimated at 1,900,000 mature individuals (Partners in Flight 2020). In North America (USA and Canada), the total population size is estimated at 1,800,000 mature individuals (Partners in Flight 2020). This species is considered to have a medium dependency on forest habitat, and tree cover is estimated to have declined by 9.4% within its mapped range over the past three generations (17.46 years) (Global Forest Watch 2022, using Hansen et al. [2013] data and methods disclosed therein). However, the species' population in North America (USA and Canada) is estimated to have a slightly positive annual trend, which equates to a small increase in population size over three generations (Partners in Flight 2024). As North America holds the vast majority of the species' global range, the global population size is considered to be increasing slowly over three generations.

Trend justification: This species has undergone a large and statistically significant increase over the last 40 years in North America (74.3% increase over 40 years, equating to a 14.9% increase per decade; data from Breeding Bird Survey and/or Christmas Bird Count: Butcher and Niven 2007).

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Anguilla (to UK)	extant	native
Antigua and Barbuda	extant	native
Argentina	extant	vagrant
Barbados	extant	native
Belize	extant	native				yes
Bolivia	extant	native
Brazil	extant	native
Canada	extant	native		yes		yes
Colombia	extant	native
Costa Rica	extant	native			yes
Cuba	extant	native
Dominica	extant	native
Dominican Republic	extant	native
Ecuador	extant	native
El Salvador	extant	native
French Guiana	extant	native
Grenada	extant	native		yes
Guadeloupe (to France)	extant	native
Guatemala	extant	native
Guyana	extant	native
Haiti	extant	native
Honduras	extant	native
Jamaica	extant	vagrant
Martinique (to France)	extant	native
Mexico	extant	native
Montserrat (to UK)	extant	native
Nicaragua	extant	native
Panama	extant	native
Peru	extant	native
Puerto Rico (to USA)	extant	native
St Kitts and Nevis	extant	native
St Lucia	extant	native
St Vincent and the Grenadines	extant	native
Suriname	extant	native
Trinidad and Tobago	extant	native
USA	extant	native		yes
Venezuela	extant	native

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Mexico	Centro de Veracruz
Mexico	Istmo de Tehuantepec - Mar Muerto

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Plantations	suitable	breeding
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	breeding
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	breeding
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	suitable	non-breeding
Altitude	0 - 3000 m	Occasional altitudinal limits	(max) 4000 m

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/broad-winged-hawk-buteo-platypterus on 24/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 24/12/2024.