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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...
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    The zone-tailed hawk (Buteo albonotatus) is a medium-sized hawk of warm, dry parts of the Americas. It is somewhat similar in plumage and flight style...
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    widespread red-tailed hawk. That species is larger and bulkier, with more even-sized, broad wings, and is paler underneath, with a reddish tail often apparent...
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    Americas. The white-tailed hawk is a large, stocky hawk. It is similar in size to the Swainson's (Buteo swainsoni) and red-tailed hawks (Buteo jamaicensis)...
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    The short-tailed hawk (Buteo brachyurus) is an American bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes the eagles and Old World vultures...
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  • Thumbnail for Harlan's hawk
    Harlan's hawk or Harlan's red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis harlani) is a subspecies of the red-tailed hawk. While similar in linear dimensions to the...
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    high-altitude shrubland, and temperate grassland. The rufous-tailed hawk is similar to the red-tailed hawk. It was first recorded by Charles Darwin in Patagonia...
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    Retrieved 2023-03-30. "Where Do Red-tailed Hawks Live? (Habitat + Distribution)". Birdfact. Retrieved 2024-10-18. "Red-Tailed Hawk". National Geographic. 11...
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    The eastern red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis borealis) is a subspecies of the red-tailed hawk that breeds from southeast Canada and Maine south through...
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    The Florida red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis umbrinus) is a subspecies of red-tailed hawk. It occurs year-round in peninsular Florida north as far as...
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    The southwestern red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis fuertesi) is a subspecies of red-tailed hawk that breeds from northern Chihuahua to southern Texas...
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    Pale Male (category Individual hawks)
    red-tailed hawks known to have nested on a building rather than in a tree and is known for establishing a dynasty of urban-dwelling red-tailed hawks....
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  • The western red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis calurus) is a subspecies of the red-tailed hawk. In wing chord males range from 354 to 404 mm (13.9 to 15...
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    The Jamaican red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis jamaicensis) is the nominate subspecies of the red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis), a bird of prey of...
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    medium-large hawk is roughly intermediate in size between a peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) and a red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis). Harris's hawks range...
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    wings, but less dark than in a red-tailed hawk. The ferruginous hawk is noticeably longer winged than a red-tailed hawk, although the wings appear slenderer...
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    evolution. Swainson's hawk is a raptor and a medium-sized member of the genus Buteo. It broadly overlaps in size with the red-tailed hawk (B. jamaicensis)...
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  • Thumbnail for Alaska red-tailed hawk
    The Alaska red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis alascensis) is a subspecies of red-tailed hawk that breeds (and is probably resident) from southeastern...
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    The Cuban red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis solitudinus) is a subspecies of red-tailed hawk native to the Bahamas, Florida, and Cuba.[citation needed]...
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  • The Rockford Files designed by Ben Burtt Red-tailed hawk calls — the piercing scream of the red-tailed hawk is widely used for birds of prey, especially...
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    prey selected by Cooper's hawks with the other studied raptor species, American kestrels, red-tailed and zone-tailed hawks (Buteo albonotatus), there...
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    buzzards and Swainson's hawks, have a floppy, buoyant flight style, while others, such as red-tailed hawks and rufous-tailed hawks, tend to be relatively...
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    Chickenhawk (bird) (category Hawks)
    sharp-shinned hawk, and the Buteo species red-tailed hawk. The term "chicken hawk", however, is inaccurate. Although Cooper's and sharp-shinned hawks do primarily...
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    but Harris's hawk and the red-tailed hawk remain the most commonly used for beginners and experienced falconers alike. Red-tailed hawks are held in high...
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  • Thumbnail for Socorro red-tailed hawk
    The Socorro red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis socorroensis) is a subspecies of red-tailed hawk endemic to Socorro Island, 600 kilometres (370 mi) off...
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    species, possibly the most of any raptor (although the widespread red-tailed hawk & Eurasian buzzard have also been noted for a widespread but more uniform...
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    Great horned owl (category IUCN Red List least concern species)
    to the red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis), with which it often shares similar habitat, prey, and nesting habits by day; thus the red-tailed hawk is something...
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    long-tailed shape and can be notoriously variable in plumage; rough-legged is longer-winged and more eagle-like in appearance. The red-tailed hawk is chunkier-looking...
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    3 to 6 lb (1.4 to 2.7 kg), the black-tailed jackrabbit is one of the largest North American hares. Black-tailed jackrabbits occupy mixed shrub-grassland...
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    both upperparts and underparts. Dark-morph short-tailed hawks are similar, but are whitish under the tail with a single subterminal band. This species, Buteo...
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