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title: "Myszołów szerokoskrzydły"
description: "Buteo platypterus — Ptaki. The broad-winged hawk (Buteo platypterus) is a medium-sized hawk of the genus Buteo."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/broad-winged-hawk
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Myszołów szerokoskrzydły

> Buteo platypterus — Ptaki. The broad-winged hawk (Buteo platypterus) is a medium-sized hawk of the genus Buteo.

- Scientific name: *Buteo platypterus*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las)
- iNaturalist observations: 34270
- Wikidata: [Q1075004](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1075004)
- iNaturalist taxon: [5227](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/5227)

## Names

- en: Broad-winged Hawk
- de: Breitschwingenbussard
- es: Aguililla Alas Anchas
- fr: Petite buse
- nl: Breedvleugelbuizerd
- pt: Gavião-de-asa-larga
- pl: Myszołów szerokoskrzydły

## Countries with the most observations

US (17101), CA (6504), CO (1776), MX (1521), CR (1429), PA (566), EC (240), HN (209), MQ (115), SV (110), NI (100), PE (77)

## Summary

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…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broad-winged_hawk

## Photo

![Myszołów szerokoskrzydły](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/broad-winged-hawk/medium.jpg)

Photo: Kent P. McFarland · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/13716259

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/broad-winged-hawk?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).