Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) - HBW 2, p. 184
French: Buse à queue rousse
German: Rotschwanzbussard
Spanish: Busardo Colirrojo
Other common names: Harlan's Hawk (harlani)
Taxonomy: Falco jamaicensis Gmelin, 1788, Jamaica.
Forms superspecies with B. ventralis. Some authors include B. buteo, B. oreophilus and B. brachypterus in same superspecies. Race harlani has variously been treated as full species, or colour morph of calurus. Likewise, kriderii sometimes considered a morph, mainly within range of calurus, but also in boundary region between calurus and borealis; however, kriderii is a pale form inhabiting an area also occupied by similarly pale race richardsoni of Merlin (Falco columbarius). Fourteen subspecies normal.. View all taxonomy...
Taxonomy: Falco jamaicensis Gmelin, 1788, Jamaica.
Forms superspecies with B. ventralis. Some authors include B. buteo, B. oreophilus and B. brachypterus in same superspecies. Race harlani has variously been treated as full species, or colour morph of calurus. Likewise, kriderii sometimes considered a morph, mainly within range of calurus, but also in boundary region between calurus and borealis; however, kriderii is a pale form inhabiting an area also occupied by similarly pale race richardsoni of Merlin (Falco columbarius). Fourteen subspecies normally recognized.
Forms superspecies with B. ventralis. Some authors include B. buteo, B. oreophilus and B. brachypterus in same superspecies. Race harlani has variously been treated as full species, or colour morph of calurus. Likewise, kriderii sometimes considered a morph, mainly within range of calurus, but also in boundary region between calurus and borealis; however, kriderii is a pale form inhabiting an area also occupied by similarly pale race richardsoni of Merlin (Falco columbarius). Fourteen subspecies normally recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- alascensis Grinnell, 1909 - SE Alaska (USA) and coastal British Columbia (W Canada).
- harlani (Audubon, 1830) - interior of Alaska, SW Yukon and N British Columbia.
- calurus Cassin, 1856 - W North America W of Great Plains.
- alascensis Grinnell, 1909 - SE Alaska (USA) and coastal British Columbia (W Canada).
- harlani (Audubon, 1830) - interior of Alaska, SW Yukon and N British Columbia.
- calurus Cassin, 1856 - W North America W of Great Plains.
- borealis (Gmelin, 1788) - N America E of Great Plains of C USA and Canada.
- kriderii Hoopes, 1873 - plains of SC Canada S to Wyoming (NC USA).
- fuertesi Sutton & Van Tyne, 1935 - Texas (S USA) to N Mexico.
- hadropus Storer, 1962 - highlands of C Mexico.
- kemsiesi Oberholser, 1959 - Chiapas (S Mexico) to N Nicaragua.
- costaricensis Ridgway, 1874 - Costa Rica.
- fumosus Nelson, 1898 - Tres Marias Is, off WC Mexico.
- socorroensis Nelson, 1898 - Socorro I (Revillagigedo Is), off W Mexico.
- umbrinus Bangs, 1901 - Florida (SE USA).
- solitudinis Barbour, 1935 - Bahamas and Cuba.
- jamaicensis (Gmelin, 1788) - Jamaica, Puerto Rico and Hispaniola E to N Lesser Antilles.
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A leucistic bird with a normal-colored tail. Locality Maryland, USA (United States)
Robert Schaefer 2 February 2009 2 years ago 29 sec 4.6 -
An adult sitting on top of a pine tree looking around, and then flying away. Locality Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (ssp calurus)
Don DesJardin 5 December 2008 3 years ago 21 sec 4.5 -
A presumed female, base on size, perched and being harassed by a Red-shouldered Hawk, and the last clip showing the very vocal R Locality Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (ssp calurus)
Don DesJardin 2 February 2010 2 years ago 35 sec 4.3 -
An adult bird flying Locality Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (ssp calurus)
Don DesJardin 28 February 2003 4 years ago 18 sec 4.2 -
Close-up views of an adult on a perch Locality Macuiltépetl Ecological Park, Xalapa, Veracruz State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp hadropus)
Josep del Hoyo 6 October 2006 4 years ago 36 sec 4.1 -
A ventral view of an adult bird circling Locality Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (ssp calurus)
Don DesJardin 30 April 2002 4 years ago 15 sec 4.1
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Young red-tailed hawk in flight
Locality Manhattan, Kansas, USA (United States)
Dave Rintoul 22 November 2009 35 weeks ago 4.5 -
A juvenile in flight, seen from below.
Locality Shadow Hills, Los Angeles County, California, USA (United States)
Jbleth 4 July 2011 31 weeks ago 4.4 -
Female - landing on the top of a pine tree overlooking her nest.
Locality Pambrun, Saskatchewan, Canada (ssp kriderii)
Blair Wainman 27 June 2011 32 weeks ago 4.3 -
Female - landing on the top of a pine tree just above the nest.
Locality Pambrun, Saskatchewan, Canada (ssp kriderii)
Blair Wainman 22 June 2011 33 weeks ago 4.3 -
Red-tailed Hawk
Locality Buckeye, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA (United States)
Alex Woodruff 22 November 2011 8 weeks ago 4.2 -
Male - in flight, vigilant over the nest
Locality Pambrun, Saskatchewan, Canada (ssp kriderii)
Blair Wainman 29 June 2011 31 weeks ago 4.2
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A bird calling as it flies away Locality Georgia, USA (United States)
Stuart Fisher 31 May 2009 2 years ago 3
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