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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 of the genus Buteo. The red-tailed hawk is one of three species colloquially known in the United States as the "chickenhawk", thoug… See more

    DomainEukaryota
    KingdomAnimalia
    PhylumChordata
    ClassAves
    Taxonomy

    The red-tailed hawk was formally described in 1788 by German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin under the binomial name Falco jamaicensis. Gmelin based his description on the "cream-coloured buzzard" d… See more

    Description

    Red-tailed hawk plumage can be variable, depending on the subspecies and the region. These color variations are morphs, and are not related to molting. The western North American population, B. j. calurus, is the most va… See more

     
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