Anguilla,Antigua and Barbuda,Argentina,Belize,Bolivia,Brazil,Canada,Colombia,Costa Rica,Cuba, Dominica,Ecuador - mainland,El Salvador,French Guiana,Guatemala,Guyana,Honduras,Mexico,Nicaragua,Panama, Peru,Puerto Rico,Saint Lucia,Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,Suriname,Trinidad and Tobago,United States - mainland,Venezuela,
IOC 13.1 Subspecies
Group
Subspecies
Breeding Range
platypterus
c, se Canada and e USA
cubanensis
Cuba
brunnescens
Puerto Rico
insulicola
Antigua I. (Lesser Antilles)
rivierei
Dominica, Martinique and St. Lucia (Lesser Antilles)
{Northern migrant}. A medium-sized hawk that is relatively common and often returns yearly to the same spot. Broad-winged hawks migrate in 'kettles' of many hundreds, sometimes with [Turkey Vulture]s or [Swainson's Hawk]s. Immatures have drop shaped vertical spotting, while adults are barred horizontally.
Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN
Antarctica
AO
Atlantic Ocean
AU
Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
PAL
Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO
Indian Ocean
LA
Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA
Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA
North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO
Northern oceans
OR
Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
