Listen to the Broad-winged hawk
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About the Broad-winged hawk
The Broad-winged hawk is a bird in the family Accipitridae (order Accipitriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults have a wingspan of about 90 cm.
What does the Broad-winged hawk sound like?
Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once. Songs tend to be long and patterned and are used to hold territory and attract a mate; calls are short signals for contact, alarm and flight.
The recordings here are labelled as call. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The broad-winged hawk (Buteo platypterus) is a medium-sized hawk of the genus Buteo. During the summer, some subspecies are distributed over eastern North America, as far west as British Columbia and Texas; they then migrate south to winter in the Neotropics from Mexico south to southern Brazil. Other subspecies are all-year residents on Caribbean islands. As in most raptors, females are slightly larger than males. Broad-winged hawks' wings are relatively short and broad with a tapered, somewhat pointed appearance. The two types of coloration are a dark morph with fewer white areas and a light morph that is more pale overall. Although the broad-winged hawk's overall population is increasing, populations are declining in some parts of its breeding range because of forest fragmentation.
Related birds in the genus Buteo
More from the family Accipitridae
Frequently asked questions
What does a Broad-winged hawk sound like?
You can hear 4 recordings of the Broad-winged hawk on this page, including its call. Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once.
Is the Broad-winged hawk endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Broad-winged hawk as “least concern”.
What family does the Broad-winged hawk belong to?
The Broad-winged hawk (Buteo platypterus) belongs to the family Accipitridae in the order Accipitriformes.
Sources & credits
- Call · Forestville/Mystery Cave State Park, Fillmore County… by Jonathon Jongsma – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Zamora-Chinchipe: Reserva Tapichalaca, near Q. Cristopher… by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Buteo platypterus - Broad-winged Hawk by Eric B – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Wild River State Park, Chisago… by Jonathon Jongsma – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q1075004 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Broad-winged hawk – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Original uploader was JulieFromVT (Julie Waters) at en.wikipedia – CC BY-SA 3.0