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The red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) is a bird of prey that breeds throughout most of North America, from the interior of Alaska and northern Canada to as far south as Panama and the West Indies. It is one of the most common members within the genus of Buteo in North America or worldwide. [3] The red-tailed hawk is one of three species ...
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 ...
B. jamaicensis. Subspecies: B. j. borealis. Trinomial name. Buteo jamaicensis borealis. (Gmelin, 1788) The eastern red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis borealis) [ 1 ] is a subspecies of the red-tailed hawk that breeds from southeast Canada and Maine south through Texas and east to northern Florida.
This race seems to have the greatest longitudinal breeding distribution of any race of red-tailed hawk, and put together with B. j. borealis these two subspecies may occupy nearly 75% of the breeding range of red-tailed hawks in North America.
Krider's hawk or Krider's red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis kriderii) [ 1 ] is a subspecies or color morph of red-tailed hawk. [ 2 ] Authorities vary in their treatment of the taxon. [ 3 ][ 4 ][ 5 ] It was named after John Krider, the gunsmith from Philadelphia who collected the type specimen, which is preserved in the collection of the ...
The red-shouldered hawk (Buteo lineatus) is a medium-sized buteo. Its breeding range spans eastern North America and along the coast of California and northern to northeastern-central Mexico. It is a permanent resident throughout most of its range, though northern birds do migrate, mostly to central Mexico.
The story of Tuffy, a baby red-tailed hawk who was kidnapped by a family of bald eagles, has come to a sad end following a failed rescue attempt. The story of Tuffy, a baby red-tailed hawk who was ...
Central American red-tailed hawk. The Central American red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis costaricensis) is a subspecies of red-tailed hawk resident from Nicaragua to Panama. This subspecies is relatively small. The wing chord of males can range from 368 to 391 mm (14.5 to 15.4 in), averaging 372.7 mm (14.67 in), and, in females, it ranges from ...