| Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus Family: Accipitridae (Eagles, Kites & Hawks)  | Description: A stout crow-sized hawk with a brown head, back and wings above. Their undersides are red/brown on white with extensive banding on the wings and tail. Characteristic of hawks, they have a hooked beak. Any Broad-winged soaring hawk is also known as a buteo. They hunt visually: by spotting their prey from a perch, or actively flying overhead. Then they swoop down to capture small mammals, amphibians, reptiles or birds in their talons. Range: (April - September) Normally, hawks are solitary birds. The exception as with other neotropical migrant birds is during migration. Until they were legally protected, their populations were endangered from human hunters who considered it a great sport to shoot these "birds of prey" or raptors particularly when they were grouped together during migration.
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