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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 .
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]).
Red-tailed hawk, Buteo jamaicensis; Long-legged buzzard, Buteo rufinus; Rough-legged buzzard, Buteo lagopus; Ferruginous hawk, Buteo regalis; Red-shouldered hawk, Buteo lineatus; Broad-winged hawk, Buteo platypterus; Swainson's hawk, Buteo swainsoni; Ridgway's hawk, Buteo ridgwayi; Short-tailed hawk, Buteo brachyurus; White-throated hawk, Buteo ...
Red-Tailed Hawk. 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 ...
Red-Shouldered Hawks. Though red-shouldered hawks are more likely to hunt from perches than from a flying position, they are less likely to hunt other birds and raid nests. The hawk in this video ...
American goshawk predate other accipiters such as the 136 g (4.8 oz) sharp-shinned hawk and the 440 g (0.97 lb) Cooper's hawk. [127] [49] Among Buteo hawks, the adults of 424 g (15.0 oz) broad-winged hawk (Buteo platypterus), 610 g (1.34 lb) red-shouldered hawk (Buteo lineatus) and the 1,065 g (2.348 lb) red-tailed hawk are known to be killed.
[154] [286] In southern Wisconsin, the food niche breadth was rather higher for Cooper's at 6.9 and the mean prey mass, at 109.9 g (3.88 oz), was second only to the red-tailed hawk's. In the Wisconsin data, the red-shouldered, the broad-winged and rough-legged hawks (Buteo lagopus) as well as the northern harrier, peregrine falcon (Falco ...
A baby red-tailed hawk, right, was plucked by bald eagle parents and is now sharing a nest in San Simeon with two eaglets, seen on May 21, 2024.