Peru,Argentina,Brazil,Paraguay,Ecuador - mainland,Belize,Costa Rica,Panama,Uruguay,Trinidad and Tobago,Guatemala,Honduras,Nicaragua,Mexico,El Salvador,Bolivia,Canada,Colombia,Venezuela,United States - mainland,
A large (55 cm.) {northern migrant} hawk that migrates far south, sometimes in groups of hundreds. From the ground compare to [White-tailed Hawk] but note long pointed wings, and additional thin bands on tail that might be hard to see from ground.
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)
