Tag: Buteo platypterus

Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus)

[order] ACCIPITRIFORMES | [family] Accipitridae | [latin] Buteo platypterus | [authority] Vieillot, 1823 | [UK] Broad-winged Hawk | [FR] Petite Buse | [DE] Breitflugel-Bussard | [ES] Busardo Aliancho | [NL] Breedvleugelbuizerd Subspecies Monotypic species Genus Members of the genus Buteo are broad-winged, broad-tailed hawks, Well adapted for soaring. The bill, legs and talons are of […]