Bird

Broad-winged Hawk

Buteo platypterus

Names as given by USGS GAP.

Migratory and summer in Virginia, breeding, in the USGS range maps. Its habitat models include 12 habitats found here.

Seasons here: Migratory and summer
Breeding: Breeding
Range: 133 of 133 counties
Habitats: 12

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
Seasons in Virginia: Migratory and summer
Breeding: Breeding
Counties in known range: 133 of 133
Habitat models: Summer, Winter

Where it lives

Southeast habitat models (USGS, 2001 land cover). The bird is not in every place a habitat occurs. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models Summer model Winter model

Habitats in Virginia 12

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there. Shared habitat, not food.

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SummerCentral Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems; South-Central Interior Small Stream and RiparianNamed place / source context. Shown: Watauga Falls, North Carolina, a neighboring state.Watauga Falls, Illustrator/engraver not confidently attributed; reproduced in Zeigler and Grosscup, The Heart of the Alleghanies (1883), 1883. Public domain. Source record.

Summer and winterCentral Interior and Appalachian Swamp Systems; Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Basin Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest; Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Taxodium/Nyssa ModifierNamed place / source context. Shown: Great Dismal Swamp, North Carolina, as titled by Museum of Fine Arts Boston; nineteenth-century artistic interpretation, a neighboring state.View, Dismal Swamp, North Carolina, Regis Francois Gignoux, 1850. Public domain. Source record.

Floodplain and bottomland forests

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

Summer and winterAtlantic Coastal Plain Blackwater Stream Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier; Central Appalachian Riparian - Forest Modifier; South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Forest Modifier; Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier; Central Interior and Appalachian Floodplain Systems; Central Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems; Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest; Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Brownwater River Floodplain Forest; Atlantic Coastal Plain Brownwater Stream Floodplain Forest; South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian

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.

Summer and winterAtlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Oak Dominated Modifier

Summer. Only within 250 m of waterAppalachian Hemlock-Hardwood ForestRegional / representative. Shown: Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina and Tennessee; representative habitat composite, not a documented exact viewpoint, a neighboring state.Hemlock forest / rocky mountain stream, Hynes, Robert 'Bob', by 2012. Public domain. Source record.

Summer and winter. Only within 250 m of waterSouthern Piedmont Mesic Forest; Southern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest; South-Central Interior Mesophytic Forest; Atlantic Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood and Mixed ForestRegional / representative. Shown: Mountains of North and South Carolina; exact site not identified, a neighboring state.Shortia beneath rhododendrons in mountain woodland, Marian Ellis Rowan, 1901. Public domain. Source record.

Summer. Only within 250 m of waterNorthern hardwood forest in winter. Shown: Baxter Creek Trail near Mount Sterling, Haywood County, North Carolina, a neighboring state.Frozen northern hardwood forest, Baxter Creek Trail, Brian Stansberry, undated. CC BY 3.0. Source record.

Summer. Only within 250 m of waterSouthern and Central Appalachian Cove ForestRegional / representative. Shown: Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina and Tennessee; representative habitat composite, not a documented exact viewpoint, a neighboring state.Cove hardwood forest, Hynes, Robert 'Bob', by 2012. Public domain. Source record.

Dry forests and woodlands

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

Summer and winter. Only within 250 m of waterSouthern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest - Xeric; Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Hardwood; Central and Southern Appalachian Montane Oak Forest; Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry and Dry-Mesic Oak Forest; Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Hardwood Modifier; Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry Hardwood Forest; Central Appalachian Oak and Pine Forest; Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest; Southern Appalachian Montane Pine Forest and Woodland

Moderately dry forests

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

Summer and winter. Only within 250 m of waterNortheastern Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest; Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest; Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry and Dry-Mesic Oak Forest

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

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

Winter. Only within 250 m of waterDeveloped, 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.

Summer and winter. Only within 250 m of waterDeciduous Plantation; Managed Tree Plantation

Other habitats in its models (50)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Virginia.

East Gulf Coastal Plain Limestone Forest 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
Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest-Hardwood Modifier Summer. Only within 250 m of water
Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer. Only within 250 m of water
Ozark-Ouachita Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer. Only within 250 m of water
Southern Interior Low Plateau Dry-Mesic Oak 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
Crosstimbers 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 Dry Oak Forest and Woodland Summer. Only within 250 m of water
Ouachita Montane Oak Forest Summer. Only within 250 m of water
North-Central Interior Beech-Maple Forest Summer. Only within 250 m of water
North-Central Interior Maple-Basswood Forest Summer. 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 Southern Loess Bluff Forest Summer and winter. Only within 250 m of water
Southern Coastal Plain Dry Upland Hardwood Forest Summer and winter. Only within 250 m of water
Mississippi River Alluvial Plain Dry-Mesic Loess Slope Forest Summer. Only within 250 m of water
East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Summer and winter
Ozark-Ouachita Dry Oak Woodland Summer. Only within 250 m of water
West Gulf Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood Forest Summer. Only within 250 m of water
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Mesic Hardwood Forest Summer and winter. Only within 250 m of water
Ozark-Ouachita Mesic Hardwood Forest Summer. Only within 250 m of water
East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Mesic Slope Forest Summer and winter. Only within 250 m of water
East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Hardwood Modifier Summer and winter. Only within 250 m of water
Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Pine Modifier Summer. Only within 250 m of water
Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest - Pine modifier Summer. 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
Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) 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
Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Summer and winter. Only within 250 m of water
Southern Piedmont Glade and Barrens Winter. Only within 250 m of water
Recently Burned Grassland Winter. Only within 250 m of water
South Florida Everglades Sawgrass Marsh Winter
South Florida Mangrove Swamp Winter
South Florida Dwarf Cypress Savanna Winter
South Florida Cypress Dome Winter
East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer and winter
Mississippi River Riparian Forest Summer
Cumberland Riverscour Summer
Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest Summer
Southern Coastal Plain Hydric Hammock Winter
West Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Forest Summer
West Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest Summer
Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Summer and winter
Red River Large Floodplain Forest Summer
East Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Floodplain Forest Summer and winter
Mississippi River Floodplain and Riparian Forest Summer
Ozark-Ouachita Riparian Summer
South-Central Interior / Upper Coastal Plain Wet Flatwoods Winter
West Gulf Coastal Plain Nonriverine Wet Hardwood Flatwoods Summer