(aka Broad-winged Buzzard)
The Broad-winged Hawk breeds in North America east of the Rockies from Canada to Texas and almost the entire North American population migrates to Central America and northern South America during the northern winter. There is a sedentary population in southern Florida as well as in most Caribbean islands. See the distribution map at Birdlife International.
The sub-species shown in photos 1 and 2 is B. p. cubanensis which is endemic to Cuba. The adult is streaky below and looks more like an immature of the nominate sub-species.
Photos 3 and 4 show juvenile birds in Ecuador and photo 5 shows an adult in Ecuador.
It is found in semi-deciduous and pine forest where it tends to still-hunt from a perch from where it searches for large insects, reptiles and birds.
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