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Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)

Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)

Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)



Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) - Eating Gopher Snake Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) - With Gopher Snake Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Mobbed by Kestrel Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Sitting Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)

Class: Aves
Family: Acciptridae
Common Name: Red-tailed Hawk
Genus: Buteo
Species Name: jamaicensis

About The Red-tailed Hawk

Adult red-tailed hawks make what is called a horse scream, "kee-eeee-arrr." It is often described as sounding like a steam whistle. The length and pitch of this call varies with the age, gender, and geographic region of the individual red-tailed hawk.

Young red-tailed hawks communicate with their parents by making soft, low "peep"-ing sounds. As they get older, they sounds they make deepen in tone, and are usually sounds of hunger.

Red-tailed hawks also communicate through body language. In an aggressive posture, the body and head of the  red-tailed hawk are held upright and its feathers are standing up. In submission, the hawk's head is lower to the ground and the feathers are smooth. Red-tailed hawks also display many aerial behaviors. In the talon-drop, during courtship, they swoop down trying to touch one another with their talons. Undulating-flight is an up and down movement that is mainly used in territorial display. Finally, in the dive-display the bird performs a steep dive. This is also a territorial display.

Red-tailed hawks have extraordinarily keen vision, which allows them to detect prey movements at great distances.

Communication Channels: visual ; acoustic

Perception Channels: visual ; tactile ; acoustic ; chemical



Rights Holder: The Regents of the University of Michigan and its licensors
Bibliographic Citation: Arnold, D. 2002. "Buteo jamaicensis" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed April 27, 2013 at Citation Link

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Sites Where Observed

Location
Date
Notes
6/13/2007
Near the airport.
12/7/2007
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Mobbed by Kestrel
Getting mobbed by a kestrel.
1/12/2008
Near rainbow grocery.
1/13/2009
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
Seen on the side of the road very near Nelson Lake in 8 degrees Fahrenheit temperature.
10/12/2009
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) - Eating Gopher SnakeRed-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) - With Gopher Snake
Was first seen being mobbed by ravens. Then, it landed in a tree where it was mobbed by an American Kestrel. Finally, it caught and ate a golpher snake.

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