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Red-tailed hawk              Photo by Wendy Perrone
Buteo jamaicensis

Hear the red-tail's call

AKA: Buzzard hawk, hen hawk, redtail, redhawk

SIZE: 19 to 25 inches

WINGSPAN: 46 to 58 inches

FLIGHT SPEED: 20 to 40 MPH, can reach 120 MPH in dive.

FEEDING HABITS: May hunt from perch. Will also "Kite" when hunting by heading into the wind and hovering motionless. Main prey is rodents, but will eat almost anything.

IDENTIFICATION: Dark brown above, white below with band of dark streaking across belly. Upperside of tail is chestnut red.

		Leucistic photos by Jerry Converse
				Partial albino
Albino
Two immature photos	Three juvenile photos	2 photos by Wanda Earll	3 flight photos by Freida Woldren	Leucistic
Captured red-tail