Puerto Rican broad-winged hawk | |
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Puerto Rican broad-winged hawk (Guaraguao de bosque) |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Accipitriformes |
Family: | Accipitridae |
Genus: | Buteo |
Species: | B. platypterus |
Subspecies: | B. p. brunnescens |
Trinomial name | |
Buteo platypterus brunnescens Danforth & Smyth, 1935Buteo platypterus brunnescens Danforth & Smyth, 1935; Taxonomic Serial No.: 824491. ITIS. Retrieved 12 September 2013.</ref> |
The Puerto Rican broad-winged hawk (Buteo platypterus brunnescens) is an endangered subspecies of the broad-winged hawk (B. platypterus). It is a small hawk that occurs in Puerto Rico, inhabiting the Toro Negro State Forest. Its Spanish common name is guaragüao de bosque.