Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensis - Buse à queue rousse
Systematics
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Order:
Accipitriformes
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Family:
Accipitridés
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Genus:
Buteo
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Species:
jamaicensis
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 45 à 65 cm
- Wingspan: 114 à 133 cm.
- Weight: 690 à 1460 g
Longevity
22 years
Geographic range
Identification
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) is a species of bird in the Accipitridae family.
Subspecific information 12 subspecies
- Buteo jamaicensis jamaicensis (Jamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, n Lesser Antilles)
- Buteo jamaicensis alascensis (se Alaska, sw Canada)
- Buteo jamaicensis harlani (c Alaska, nw Canada)
- Buteo jamaicensis calurus (w North America, Socorro Is.)
- Buteo jamaicensis borealis (e North America)
- Buteo jamaicensis suttoni (s Baja California. Mexico.)
- Buteo jamaicensis fuertesi (sw USA, n Mexico)
- Buteo jamaicensis fumosus (Tres Marias Is.. off wc Mexico.)
- Buteo jamaicensis hadropus (c Mexico)
- Buteo jamaicensis kemsiesi (s Mexico to Nicaragua)
- Buteo jamaicensis costaricensis (Costa Rica, w Panama)
- Buteo jamaicensis umbrinus (Florida. USA. , Bahamas, Cuba)
Foreign names
- Buse à queue rousse,
- Busardo colirrojo,
- bútio-de-rabo-vermelho,
- Rotschwanzbussard,
- rőtfarkú ölyv,
- Roodstaartbuizerd,
- Poiana codarossa,
- rödstjärtad vråk,
- Rødhalevåk,
- myšiak hrdzavochvostý,
- káně rudochvostá,
- Rødhalet Våge,
- amerikanhiirihaukka,
- aligot cua-roig,
- myszołów rdzawosterny,
- rudastes klijāns,
- Краснохвостый сарыч,
- アカオノスリ,
- 红尾鵟,
- 紅尾鵟,
Habitat
Forest : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Shrubland : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude ; Grassland : Temperate ; Desert : Temperate ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Pastureland, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest
Threats - protection
IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
in the Wild
Near
threatened
threatened
Not
evaluated
evaluated
EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
NE
Sources of information
- All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
- Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
- Vol. 2 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliot--Jordi Sargatal
- Hawks, Eagles and Falcons of North America, Paul A. Johnsgard
- Avibase, Lepage Denis
- Wikipédia, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
- IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
- Aegotheliformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
- Bucerotiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Cariamiformes
- Casuariiformes
- Charadriiformes
- Ciconiiformes
- Coliiformes
- Columbiformes
- Coraciiformes
- Cuculiformes
- Eurypygiformes
- Falconiformes
- Galliformes
- Gaviiformes
- Gruiformes
- Leptosomiformes
- Mesitornithiformes
- Musophagiformes
- Nyctibiiformes
- Opisthocomiformes
- Otidiformes
- Passeriformes
- Pelecaniformes
- Phaethontiformes
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Piciformes
- Podargiformes
- Podicipediformes
- Procellariiformes
- Psittaciformes
- Pterocliformes
- Rheiformes
- Sphenisciformes
- Steatornithiformes
- Strigiformes
- Struthioniformes
- Suliformes
- Tinamiformes
- Trogoniformes