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The red-tailed hawk is now placed in the genus Buteo that was erected by French naturalist Bernard Germain de Lacépède in 1799. [15] [16] In flight showing the red tail A red-tailed hawk hovers in the wind. The red-tailed hawk is a member of the subfamily Buteoninae, which includes about 55 currently recognized species.
The red-tailed hawk is probably the most common hawk in North America. [ 21 ] Past observations have indicated that, while hawks can easily adapt to most environments, they prefer open habitats such as deserts and fields, likely because it is easier to spot prey.
Buteo is a genus of medium to fairly large, wide-ranging raptors with a robust body and broad wings. In the Old World, members of this genus are called "buzzards", but "hawk" is used in the New World (Etymology: Buteo is the Latin name of the common buzzard [1]).
Extremely common in North America, the red-tailed hawk is often sighted soaring in circles overhead. As Wilson notes, smaller birds will attack and annoy red-tails, representing outside forces ...
The red-tailed hawk is chunkier-looking and differs in its darker head, broader, shorter wings, barring on the wings and the tail, dark leading edge to the wings (rather than black wrist patch) and has no white base to the tail. The ferruginous hawk is larger, with a bigger, more prominent bill and has a whitish comma at the wrist and all-pale ...
The Alaska red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis alascensis) is a subspecies of red-tailed hawk that breeds (and is probably resident) from southeastern coastal Alaska to Haida Gwaii (previously Queen Charlotte Islands) and Vancouver Island in British Columbia. [1] Despite its northerly distribution, this is the second smallest of the red-tailed ...
Zone-tailed hawk: Accipitridae: Buteo albonotatus Kaup, 1847: 248 Red-tailed hawk: Accipitridae: Buteo jamaicensis (Gmelin, JF, 1788) 249 Rufous-tailed hawk: Accipitridae: Buteo ventralis Gould, 1837: 250 Ferruginous hawk: Accipitridae: Buteo regalis (Gray, GR, 1844) 251 Rough-legged buzzard: Accipitridae: Buteo lagopus (Pontoppidan, 1763) 252 ...
Roadside hawk (Rupornis magnirostris) Parabuteo Ridgway, 1874: Harris's hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus) White-rumped hawk (Parabuteo leucorrhous) Geranoaetus Kaup, 1844: White-tailed hawk (Geranoaetus albicaudatus) Variable hawk (Geranoaetus polyosoma) Black-chested buzzard-eagle (Geranoaetus melanoleucus) Pseudastur Blyth, 1849: Mantled hawk ...