Bird

Broad-winged Hawk

Buteo platypterus

A summer resident that nests in Louisiana. Found in all 64 parishes, across 6 habitats.

Here: Summer
Nesting: Nests here
Range: All 64 parishes
Habitats: 6

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: Summer
Nesting: Nests here
Range: All 64 parishes
Habitats: 6
Habitat models: Summer, Winter

Where it lives

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

Habitats in Louisiana 6

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

1 of 6

Floodplain and bottomland forests

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

SummerMississippi River Riparian Forest; Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest; West Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Forest; West Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest; Red River Large Floodplain Forest; Mississippi River Floodplain and Riparian Forest

Hardwood and oak flatwoods

Flat, poorly drained uplands and terraces with oaks, sweetgum and sometimes loblolly pine, wet in winter and dry in summer, but neither a floodplain nor a swamp.

SummerWest Gulf Coastal Plain Nonriverine Wet Hardwood Flatwoods

Moderately dry forests

Forests between dry and moist, often oak-hickory on slopes.

SummerOnly within 250 m of water.Mississippi River Alluvial Plain Dry-Mesic Loess Slope 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 Loess Bluff Forest; West Gulf Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood Forest; 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 (70)

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

Elsewhere in the South (37)

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 Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Summer and winter.
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 Small Stream and River Floodplain Forest Summer and winter.
East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Summer and winter.
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.
South Florida Cypress Dome Winter.
South Florida Dwarf Cypress Savanna Winter.
South Florida Everglades Sawgrass Marsh Winter.
South Florida Mangrove Swamp Winter.
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 Coastal Plain Dry Upland Hardwood Forest Summer and winter, only within 250 m of water.
Southern Coastal Plain Hydric Hammock Winter.
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.

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 (24)

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 Blackwater Stream Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer and winter.
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 Large River Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer and winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland - Hardwood Modifier Summer and winter, only within 250 m of water.
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 Louisiana

Summer: nests here, in all 64 parishes.

Also found in its main habitats

Its main habitats in Louisiana, 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.