Puerto Rican broad-winged hawk

The Puerto Rican broad-winged hawk (Buteo platypterus brunnescens) is an endangered[3] subspecies of the broad-winged hawk (B. platypterus). It is a small hawk that occurs in Puerto Rico,[4] inhabiting the Toro Negro State Forest.[5] It is restricted to the montane forests of the Cordillera Central, Sierra de Cayey, and Sierra de Luquillo. It was federally listed as endangered on September 9, 1994. This species occurs in elfin woodland, sierra palm, caimitillo-granadillo, and tabonuco forest types of the Río Abajo Commonwealth Forest, Carite Commonwealth Forest, and El Yunque National Forest as well as within hardwood plantations, shade coffee plantations, and mature secondary forests. In 1994, the Puerto Rican broad-winged hawk population was estimated at about 125 individuals islandwide.[6]

Puerto Rican broad-winged hawk
Puerto Rican broad-winged hawk
(guaraguao de bosque)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Buteo
Species:
B. platypterus
Subspecies:
B. p. brunnescens
Trinomial name
Buteo platypterus brunnescens
Danforth & Smyth, 1935[2]Buteo platypterus brunnescens Danforth & Smyth, 1935; Taxonomic Serial No.: 824491. ITIS. Retrieved 12 September 2013.</ref>

Its Spanish common name is guaragüao de bosque.

See also

References
  1. "Federal Register entry" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2011-10-18. Retrieved 2013-09-13.
  2. Lepage, Denis (24 June 2003). "Broad-winged Hawk (Puerto Rican) (Buteo platypterus brunnescens) Danforth & Smyth, 1935". Avibase. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  3. Caribbean Endangered and Threatened Animals. Archived 2014-01-07 at the Wayback Machine US FWS. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  4. Hengstenberg, D. W.; Vilella, F. J. (2005). "Nesting ecology and behaviour of Broad-winged Hawks in moist karst forest of Puerto Rico" (PDF). Journal of Raptor Research. 39 (4): 404–416. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-08-13. Retrieved 2013-09-13.
  5. Bosques de Puerto Rico: Bosque Estatal de Toro Negro. Archived 2015-08-07 at the Wayback Machine Hojas de Nuestro Ambiente. July 2008. [Publication/Issue: P-030] Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  6. "Federal Register, Volume 59 Issue 1 (Monday, January 3, 1994)". GovInfo. January 3, 1994. Archived from the original on October 5, 2023. Retrieved October 5, 2023.

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