Kingdom: Animalia
Common Name:
Red-Tailed Hawk
Scientific Name: Buteo jamaicensis
Taxonomy:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Falconiform
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Buteo
Species: jamaicensis
Natural Range
The Red-Tailed Hawk has a very large range. It lives
throughout North America to the central Alaska and northern Canada, and
south as far as the mountains of Panama.Here is a distribution map.
Interesting Facts
With an eyesight eight times as powerful as
a human's, the Red-Tailed Hawk is a very effective hunter. Also, it
is the largest hawk in the world and the female is nearly 1/3 larger than
the male. The hawk can live up to 21 years.
Links
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The Red-Tailed Hawk and CLHS
The Red-Tailed Hawk will fly over our CLHS campus
from time to time. It is always a pleasure to see such a beautiful bird soaring
over our school grounds. A pair has nested in the tall trees in the park
next to campus for several years.