The Broad-winged Hawk is a small hawk that lives across most of Eastern North America as far west as Texas. In winter they migrate south to the neotropics from Mexico down to southern Brazil. Many of the subspecies in the Carribean are endemic and most of them do not migrate.
Broad-winged Hawks inhabit any types of forest and hunt by sitting on a perch and watching for prey. They have been described as 'cat-like' while stalking prey.
Although this bird's numbers are relatively stable, populations are declining in some parts of its breeding range because of forest fragmentation.
The Broad-winged Hawk, a modest-sized bird of prey, offers one of nature's most spectacular aerial displays as it traverses the skies from the eastern parts of the United States and Canada to the warmer climes of Mexico and Southern Brazil. This remarkable journey spans over 4,000 miles,... Read more »
Here are two new Birdorable coloring pages for some more coloring fun! They are the Piping Plover and Broad-winged Hawk! Go to Coloring Pages to download these and other PDFs and check the Meet the Birds page to check the colors. Read more »
