Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus)
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BirdsIn Lucas County, Ohio

Broad-winged Hawk

Buteo platypterus (Vieillot, 1823)

Broad-winged Hawk in all of Ohio
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Genus
Buteo

Conservation status

  • Endangered under the US Endangered Species Act (listed as Buteo platypterus brunnescens) (US Fish and Wildlife Service, list as of November 2026)

Exact locations of listed species are never shown.

Near Lucas County

Range

Where it is recorded

Season shown in 1 of Ohio's 88 counties. Explore Ohio

Within its mapped range in Ohio. Range: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Species Range Maps CONUS_2001 (2018).

  • No result yet (85)
  • Recorded, too few records for a result (0)
  • Recorded, season not shown (2)
  • Season shown (1)
Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files, 1:500,000. Show as a table
Counties as a table
Broad-winged Hawk by Ohio county: records and mapped range
CountyRecords
Adams CountyNo qualifying records yet
Allen CountyNo qualifying records yet
Ashland CountyNo qualifying records yet
Ashtabula CountyNo qualifying records yet
Athens CountyNo qualifying records yet
Auglaize CountyNo qualifying records yet
Belmont CountyNo qualifying records yet
Brown CountyNo qualifying records yet
Butler CountyNo qualifying records yet
Carroll CountyNo qualifying records yet
Champaign CountyNo qualifying records yet
Clark CountyNo qualifying records yet
Clermont CountyNo qualifying records yet
Clinton CountyNo qualifying records yet
Columbiana CountyNo qualifying records yet
Coshocton CountyNo qualifying records yet
Crawford CountyNo qualifying records yet
Cuyahoga County49 · Recorded, season not shown
Darke CountyNo qualifying records yet
Defiance CountyNo qualifying records yet
Delaware CountyNo qualifying records yet
Erie CountyNo qualifying records yet
Fairfield CountyNo qualifying records yet
Fayette CountyNo qualifying records yet
Franklin CountyNo qualifying records yet
Fulton CountyNo qualifying records yet
Gallia CountyNo qualifying records yet
Geauga CountyNo qualifying records yet
Greene CountyNo qualifying records yet
Guernsey CountyNo qualifying records yet
Hamilton CountyNo qualifying records yet
Hancock CountyNo qualifying records yet
Hardin CountyNo qualifying records yet
Harrison CountyNo qualifying records yet
Henry CountyNo qualifying records yet
Highland CountyNo qualifying records yet
Hocking CountyNo qualifying records yet
Holmes CountyNo qualifying records yet
Huron CountyNo qualifying records yet
Jackson CountyNo qualifying records yet
Jefferson CountyNo qualifying records yet
Knox CountyNo qualifying records yet
Lake CountyNo qualifying records yet
Lawrence CountyNo qualifying records yet
Licking CountyNo qualifying records yet
Logan CountyNo qualifying records yet
Lorain CountyNo qualifying records yet
Lucas County24 · Recorded, season not shown
Madison CountyNo qualifying records yet
Mahoning CountyNo qualifying records yet
Marion CountyNo qualifying records yet
Medina CountyNo qualifying records yet
Meigs CountyNo qualifying records yet
Mercer CountyNo qualifying records yet
Miami CountyNo qualifying records yet
Monroe CountyNo qualifying records yet
Montgomery CountyNo qualifying records yet
Morgan CountyNo qualifying records yet
Morrow CountyNo qualifying records yet
Muskingum CountyNo qualifying records yet
Noble CountyNo qualifying records yet
Ottawa CountyNo qualifying records yet
Paulding CountyNo qualifying records yet
Perry CountyNo qualifying records yet
Pickaway CountyNo qualifying records yet
Pike CountyNo qualifying records yet
Portage CountyNo qualifying records yet
Preble CountyNo qualifying records yet
Putnam CountyNo qualifying records yet
Richland CountyNo qualifying records yet
Ross CountyNo qualifying records yet
Sandusky CountyNo qualifying records yet
Scioto CountyNo qualifying records yet
Seneca CountyNo qualifying records yet
Shelby CountyNo qualifying records yet
Stark CountyNo qualifying records yet
Summit County47 · Season shown
Trumbull CountyNo qualifying records yet
Tuscarawas CountyNo qualifying records yet
Union CountyNo qualifying records yet
Van Wert CountyNo qualifying records yet
Vinton CountyNo qualifying records yet
Warren CountyNo qualifying records yet
Washington CountyNo qualifying records yet
Wayne CountyNo qualifying records yet
Williams CountyNo qualifying records yet
Wood CountyNo qualifying records yet
Wyandot CountyNo qualifying records yet

Season

When it is recorded

In Lucas County

Not enough evidence

The weeks are still too uncertain to show a season. Based on 24 records in 9 of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, above the minimum of 20 records from 5 different years.
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Recording in Lucas County · records of all species each week, 60,335 in all

Records per week from 24 records in 9 of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025. Shows when people recorded it, not a season or how common it is.

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Records of Broad-winged Hawk in Lucas County each week, and records of all species
WeekRecords of Broad-winged HawkYears recordedRecords of all species
Jan 4–1000168
Jan 11–1700125
Jan 18–240085
Jan 25–310064
Feb 1–70081
Feb 8–140084
Feb 15–2100100
Feb 22–2800101
Mar 1–700137
Mar 8–1400150
Mar 15–2100202
Mar 22–2800278
Mar 29 – Apr 411355
Apr 5–1100421
Apr 12–1822788
Apr 19–2553700
Apr 26 – May 2111,295
May 3–9422,514
May 10–16225,269
May 17–23224,884
May 24–30111,850
May 31 – Jun 6001,817
Jun 7–13001,677
Jun 14–20001,553
Jun 21–27111,586
Jun 28 – Jul 4001,749
Jul 5–11001,976
Jul 12–18002,118
Jul 19–25002,090
Jul 26 – Aug 1001,646
Aug 2–8001,938
Aug 9–15111,606
Aug 16–22111,660
Aug 23–29111,644
Aug 30 – Sep 5001,585
Sep 6–12221,913
Sep 13–19001,724
Sep 20–26002,839
Sep 27 – Oct 3002,478
Oct 4–10002,869
Oct 11–17001,470
Oct 18–2400598
Oct 25–3100496
Nov 1–700365
Nov 8–1400264
Nov 15–2100168
Nov 22–2800160
Nov 29 – Dec 500127
Dec 6–1200133
Dec 13–1900113
Dec 20–2600152
Dec 27 – Jan 200170

In Ohio

Mid-April to late May, middle week late April, and again mid-June to mid-September, middle week early August

Recorded in two separate seasons, each shown with its own early, middle and late weeks.

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Recording in Ohio · records of all species each week, 1,691,199 in all

Records per week from 348 records in 10 of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025. Shows when people recorded it, not a season or how common it is.

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Records of Broad-winged Hawk in Ohio each week, and records of all species
WeekRecords of Broad-winged HawkYears recordedRecords of all species
Jan 4–10006,211
Jan 11–17005,146
Jan 18–24004,645
Jan 25–31004,698
Feb 1–7006,023
Feb 8–14005,888
Feb 15–21005,436
Feb 22–28006,846
Mar 1–7008,321
Mar 8–141110,384
Mar 15–210012,620
Mar 22–280013,949
Mar 29 – Apr 41119,661
Apr 5–110026,860
Apr 12–1819739,925
Apr 19–25441041,623
Apr 26 – May 2571056,391
May 3–924952,952
May 10–1626853,785
May 17–2322757,698
May 24–3010654,651
May 31 – Jun 63353,099
Jun 7–136553,700
Jun 14–208656,625
Jun 21–277455,361
Jun 28 – Jul 44258,477
Jul 5–117461,336
Jul 12–184364,722
Jul 19–258569,753
Jul 26 – Aug 16559,416
Aug 2–813659,712
Aug 9–158455,994
Aug 16–2210654,328
Aug 23–299551,772
Aug 30 – Sep 513757,167
Sep 6–1215659,075
Sep 13–196454,543
Sep 20–2613545,860
Sep 27 – Oct 32143,180
Oct 4–102237,841
Oct 11–170030,824
Oct 18–240021,156
Oct 25–310019,021
Nov 1–70014,172
Nov 8–140012,621
Nov 15–21007,965
Nov 22–28008,136
Nov 29 – Dec 5006,083
Dec 6–12006,004
Dec 13–19005,423
Dec 20–26005,661
Dec 27 – Jan 2008,459

What these results show

These results show when people recorded a species, not when or where it occurs. Missing weeks and low counts do not mean absence or scarcity, and counts are not abundance. Contributed records reflect where, when and what people chose to observe.

Relatives

In the same genus

Other Buteo recorded in Lucas County

Identification

How to identify it

Often confused with

  • Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensisOften confused in Ohio: 48 identifications in Ohio named one where the other was meant
  • Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatusOften confused in Ohio: 46 identifications in Ohio named one where the other was meant
  • Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperiiOften confused in Ohio: 18 identifications in Ohio named one where the other was meant
  • Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus81 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
  • Merlin Falco columbarius58 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant

From iNaturalist’s similar-species counts, refreshed monthly: confusions in Ohio first, then worldwide. Only species with an Ohio result are listed.

Months not reported

  1. Jan: no record
  2. Feb: no record
  3. Mar: recorded
  4. Apr: recorded
  5. May: recorded
  6. Jun: recorded
  7. Jul: recorded
  8. Aug: recorded
  9. Sep: recorded
  10. Oct: recorded
  11. Nov: no record
  12. Dec: no record

Not reported in Ohio in November to February, 2016 to 2025.

Times of day, land cover and photos from records are not shown for species whose locations are protected.

Sources

Where these results come from

  • Records from iNaturalist research-grade observations and expert-identified GBIF datasets, CC0, CC BY and CC BY-NC. Sources
  • Seasons use the published method and its evidence thresholds. Methods
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Records behind the Ohio result

348 records from 2 datasets.

To cite: the GBIF download doi:10.15468/dl.y2jkt8 (opens in a new tab).

Links to individual records are not shown for this species, to protect the places it is recorded.