Belize,Colombia,Costa Rica,Cuba,Ecuador - mainland,El Salvador,Guatemala,Guyana,Honduras,Mexico, Nicaragua,Panama,Peru,Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,Trinidad and Tobago,United States - mainland,Venezuela,
IOC 13.1 Subspecies
Group
Subspecies
Breeding Range
anthracinus
sw USA to n South America, including Cancún, Cozumel, islands in Gulf of Honduras, St. Vincent (southern Lesser Antilles), and Trinidad
A crab-eater and usually seen in mangrove forests or along the coast. Similar to but much smaller than the [Great Black Hawk]. Immature brown like immature [Great Black Hawk].
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)
