Bird

Broad-winged Hawk

Buteo platypterus

Lives in Florida all year and nests here. Found in all 67 counties, across 9 habitats.

Here: All year
Nesting: Nests here
Range: All 67 counties
Habitats: 9

Male Broad-winged Hawk, whole bird — **Male**. (c) Ben Machado, some rights reserved (CC BY). CC BY. iNaturalist photo 121482221. iNaturalist large derivative; no local crop or retouch.

At a glance

Group: Birds
Here: All year
Nesting: Nests here
Range: All 67 counties
Habitats: 9
Habitat models: Summer, Winter

Where it lives

The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.

Habitats in Florida 9

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

1 of 9

WinterSouthern Coastal Plain Hydric HammockWinslow Homer, In the Jungle, Florida (1904): cabbage palms, saw palmetto and fallen trunks in a dense, shady hammock, with a wildcat in the branches. Regional view: the painting does not name the exact site. Florida (Winslow Homer, In the Jungle, Florida, 1904)*In the Jungle, Florida*, Winslow Homer, 1904. Public domain. Source record.

WinterSouth Florida Everglades Sawgrass MarshMartin Johnson Heade, The Great Florida Marsh (1886): open marsh and lily-dotted water beneath live oaks and cabbage palms. Regional view: the painting does not name the exact site. Florida (Heade, The Great Florida Marsh, 1886; North Carolina Museum of Art)*The Great Florida Marsh*, Martin Johnson Heade, 1886. Public domain. Source record.

WinterSouth Florida Cypress DomeFlorida, Sunset on the Ocklawaha (1899): a dark swamp-lined river at sunset, with cypress and hardwoods crowding both banks. Ocklawaha River, FloridaFlorida, Sunset on the Ocklawaha, Detroit Photographic Co. (chromolithograph), 1899. Public domain. Source record.

Floodplain and bottomland forests

Forests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time.

SummerWinterAtlantic Coastal Plain Blackwater Stream Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier; East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier; Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Blackwater River Floodplain Forest; East Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Floodplain Forest

Mangrove swamps

Tidal forests and thickets of red, black and white mangrove along sheltered tropical and subtropical shores.

Winter

Dry forests and woodlands

Forests and open woodlands on dry ridges and slopes, often oak or pine.

SummerWinterOnly within 250 m of water.Southern Coastal Plain Dry Upland Hardwood Forest

Moist forests

Forests on moist but not wet ground, such as rich slopes and ravines.

SummerWinterOnly within 250 m of water.East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Mesic Slope Forest

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.

WinterOnly within 250 m of water.Developed, Open Space; Cultivated Cropland; Pasture/Hay; Utility Swath - Herbaceous

Tree plantations and managed pine

Planted or intensively managed stands of pine or hardwoods grown for timber; a land use rather than a natural community.

SummerWinterOnly within 250 m of water.Deciduous Plantation; Managed Tree Plantation

Other habitats in its models (71)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Florida. Those recorded in Florida first, the rest by region.

In Florida 1

South Florida Dwarf Cypress Savanna Winter.

Elsewhere in the South (38)

Atlantic Coastal Plain Brownwater Stream Floodplain Forest Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry and Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer and winter, only within 250 m of water.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood and Mixed Forest Summer and winter, only within 250 m of water.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Brownwater River Floodplain Forest Summer and winter.
Central and Southern Appalachian Montane Oak Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Central and Southern Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Crosstimbers Oak Forest and Woodland Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Cumberland Riverscour Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Limestone Forest Summer and winter, only within 250 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Dry Upland Hardwood Forest Summer and winter, only within 250 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Bluff Forest Summer and winter, only within 250 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Mesic Hardwood Forest Summer and winter, only within 250 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loess Bluff Forest Summer and winter, only within 250 m of water.
East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Summer and winter.
Mississippi River Alluvial Plain Dry-Mesic Loess Slope Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest Summer.
Mississippi River Riparian Forest Summer.
Ouachita Montane Oak Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Ozark-Ouachita Dry Oak Woodland Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Ozark-Ouachita Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Ozark-Ouachita Mesic Hardwood Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Ozark-Ouachita Riparian Summer.
Red River Large Floodplain Forest Summer.
South-Central Interior / Upper Coastal Plain Wet Flatwoods Winter.
South-Central Interior Mesophytic Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian Summer.
Southern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Southern Appalachian Montane Pine Forest and Woodland Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Southern Interior Low Plateau Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer and winter, only within 250 m of water.
Southern Piedmont Glade and Barrens Winter, only within 250 m of water.
Southern Piedmont Mesic Forest Summer and winter, only within 250 m of water.
Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest Summer and winter.
Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest Summer.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Nonriverine Wet Hardwood Flatwoods Summer.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Forest Summer.

Northeast (5)

Appalachian Hemlock-Hardwood Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Central Appalachian Oak and Pine Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Northeastern Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Basin Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest Summer.
Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry Hardwood Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.

Midwest (4)

North-Central Interior Beech-Maple Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.
North-Central Interior Dry Oak Forest and Woodland Summer, only within 250 m of water.
North-Central Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest and Woodland Summer, only within 250 m of water.
North-Central Interior Maple-Basswood Forest Summer, only within 250 m of water.

Land cover and other classes (23)

Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Hardwood Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Pine Modifier Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Summer and winter, only within 250 m of water.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Oak Dominated Modifier Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Taxodium/Nyssa Modifier Summer and winter.
Central Appalachian Riparian - Forest Modifier Summer.
Central Interior and Appalachian Floodplain Systems Summer.
Central Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems Summer.
Central Interior and Appalachian Swamp Systems Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Hardwood Modifier Summer and winter, only within 250 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer and winter, only within 250 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Summer and winter, only within 250 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland - Hardwood Modifier Summer and winter, only within 250 m of water.
Mississippi River Floodplain and Riparian Forest Summer.
Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest-Hardwood Modifier Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Recently Burned Grassland Winter, only within 250 m of water.
South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Forest Modifier Summer.
Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest - Xeric Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Hardwood Modifier Summer and winter, only within 250 m of water.
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer and winter, only within 250 m of water.
Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer and winter.
Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest - Pine modifier Summer, only within 250 m of water.

All habitats

Seasons in Florida

Migratory: does not nest here, in 37 of 67 counties.
Winter: does not nest here, in 9 of 67 counties.
Summer: nests here, in 38 of 67 counties.

Also found in its main habitats

Its main habitats in Florida, by how much of its habitat model each one is, with the birds most characteristic of each and the plants that grow wild there. Shared habitat, not food.