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Buteo platypterus
Broad-winged Hawk
Minute Man National Historical Park
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Uncommon

Scientific Name with Authority:		Buteo platypterus (Vieillot, 1823)
Park Preferred Common Name(s):
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Vertebrata, Order Accipitriformes, Family Accipitridae, Genus Buteo, Species Buteo platypterus


Seasonality Tags:
Migratory


Threatened/Endangered Status:
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		MA: S5B,S5N
Evidence:		1 Observations, 1 Vouchers, 3 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park	Acadia National Park
Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site	Anacostia Park
Antietam National Battlefield	Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
Arkansas Post National Memorial	Assateague Island National Seashore
Badlands National Park	Baltimore-Washington National Parkway
Big Bend National Park	Big Cypress National Preserve
Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area	Big Thicket National Preserve
Biscayne National Park	Blue Ridge Parkway
Bluestone National Scenic River	Booker T. Washington National Monument
Buffalo National River	Cabrillo National Monument
Canaveral National Seashore	Cape Cod National Seashore
Cape Hatteras National Seashore	Cape Lookout National Seashore
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site	Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Catoctin Mountain Park	Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park	Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
Colonial National Historical Park	Congaree National Park
Cowpens National Battlefield	Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
Cumberland Island National Seashore	Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Death Valley National Park	Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
Dry Tortugas National Park	Effigy Mounds National Monument
Everglades National Park	Fire Island National Seashore
First State National Historical Park	Fort Caroline National Memorial
Fort Circle Parks	Fort Donelson National Battlefield
Fort Necessity National Battlefield	Fort Pulaski National Monument
Fort Washington Park	Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park
Friendship Hill National Historic Site	Gateway National Recreation Area
Gauley River National Recreation Area	George Washington Carver National Monument
George Washington Memorial Parkway	Gettysburg National Military Park
Glacier National Park	Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Grand Canyon National Park	Grand Portage National Monument
Great Falls Park	Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Greenbelt Park	Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
Gulf Islands National Seashore	Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
Herbert Hoover National Historic Site	Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park	Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
Horseshoe Bend National Military Park	Hot Springs National Park
Indiana Dunes National Park	Isle Royale National Park
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve	Johnstown Flood National Memorial
Joshua Tree National Park	Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument
Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens	Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
Kings Mountain National Military Park	Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site
Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial	Little River Canyon National Preserve
Mammoth Cave National Park	Manassas National Battlefield Park
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park	Mesa Verde National Park
Mississippi National River and Recreation Areas	Missouri National Recreational River
Monocacy National Battlefield	Moores Creek National Battlefield
Morristown National Historical Park	Natchez Trace Parkway
National Capital Parks-East	New River Gorge National Park and Preserve
Ninety Six National Historic Site	Niobrara National Scenic River
Obed Wild and Scenic River	Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park
Olympic National Park	Oxon Cove Park and Oxon Hill Run
Ozark National Scenic Riverways	Padre Island National Seashore
Pea Ridge National Military Park	Petersburg National Battlefield
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore	Pipestone National Monument
Piscataway Park	Point Reyes National Seashore
Presidio of San Francisco	Prince William Forest Park
Rock Creek Park	Rocky Mountain National Park
Russell Cave National Monument	Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway	San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area	Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
Shenandoah National Park	Shiloh National Military Park
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore	Stones River National Battlefield
Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve	Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument
Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River	Valley Forge National Historical Park
Vicksburg National Military Park	Voyageurs National Park
Weir Farm National Historical Park	Wilson's Creek National Battlefield
Yellowstone National Park


Last Modified Date:	1/4/2005

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 9/26/2025 10:48:10 AM

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