Buteo platypterus
(L 11.8" Wt 8.1 oz)
Huge migrating flocks can contain
thousands of birds at a time.
..migrate an average of 4,350 mi.
© BirdNote,
Todd
Peterson
Buteo means hawk (although in
the Old World this genus refers
to buzzards); platypterus in
Greek means broad-winged.
© Martha
Fischer
Macaulay
Library
La Selva Biological Station
18Jan2022