Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)
Description Red-shouldered hawks are medium-sized raptors with sharp eyes, broad strong wings and long legs.
RED-SHOULDERED HAWK
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Buteo lineatus
DESCRIPTION: The red-shouldered hawk (Buteo lineatus) is a medium sized raptor that is 16 to 18 inches in length and has roughly a 40-inch wingspan.
Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) - Durham, NC
On 12/22/03 this immature Red-shouldered Hawk decided to take up residence in the Bio-Sci parking lot on the Duke University campus.
Red-shouldered hawk Buteo lineatus
Identification Tips:
Length: 16 inches Wingspan: 40 inches
Sexes similar
Short, dark, hooked beak
Large, fairly long-tailed, broad-winged hawk
Pale, translucent crescent at base of primaries ...
Red-shouldered Hawk
Relatives in same Genus
White-tailed Hawk (B. albicaudatus)
Short-tailed Hawk (B. brachyurus)
Red-tailed Hawk (B. jamaicensis)
Rough-legged Hawk (B. lagopus)
Gray Hawk (B. nitidus)
Ferruginous Hawk (B. regalis) ...
Red-shouldered Hawk
Buteo lineatus
The Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) is a resident of most of the eastern half of the United States as well as along the coast of California.
Red-shouldered hawks are opportunistic predators. They will eat whatever they can catch, including rodents, frogs, reptiles and even, other birds!
Another Red-Shouldered Hawk
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Red-shouldered Hawk
(Buteo lineatus)
Status: Migrant.
Last recorded on site in 2010
The Patuxent web-site provides more general information about this species.
A very rare migrant.
Red-shouldered Hawk
Buteo lineatus (Gmelin)
Status Rare transient, very rare in summer. Occurrences recorded by Blakiston and Bland (1856), Downs (1865), H.F. Tufts (1899) and Townsend (1906) all lack supporting evidence.
Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) is a long winged, long tailed hawk. The Buteos are different from the Accipiters by the heavy build and broad wings. Although its flight is similar which is a glide preceded by several quick wing beats.
Red-shouldered Hawk
Adult
Orange and white barred breast and belly
Brown back with white mottling
White barred wings
Black tail with white bands
© Lew Scharpf, Auburn, Alabama, January 2009 ...
Red-shouldered Hawk is similar in adult plumage but has reddish shoulders, a pale crescent in the wings, lacks the distinct black border to the trailing edge of the wing, and the white bands on the tail are much narrower than the black bands.
RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, Falco lineatus, Wils. Amer. Orn., vol. vi. p. 86. Young.
WINTER FALCON, Falco hyemalis, Wils. Amer. Orn., vol. iv. p. 73. Adult.
FALCO HYEMALIS, Bonap. Syn., p. 33.
WINTER FALCON or RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, Falco hyemalis, Nutt.
Red-shouldered Hawk
Winter Sighting Information: occasional
Nest on or near Refuge? no
Red-tailed Hawk
Winter Sighting Information: uncommon
Nest on or near Refuge? yes ...
The Red-shouldered Hawk is widespread in the eastern United States and less common in the western United States. This species occurs regularly throughout most of Georgia, except in extreme northeastern mountainous areas.
The Red-shouldered Hawk is rather common in South Florida and co-operative about posing for pictures.
7. Pair of Red-shouldered Hawks, one with small, short-tailed rodent in its talons
8. Red-throated Loon, taken at Martin Luther King Marsh, Alameda County, California.
Similar Species: Red-shouldered Hawk
Conservation Status: Generally stable throughout its range.
Further Information: 1) USGS Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter, Broad-winged Hawk ...
Because of these habitat changes, red-tailed hawks have replaced red-shouldered hawks (Buteo lineatus) throughout much of the red-shouldered hawks' former breeding range [41].
Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus: San Bernardino Airport, Redlands, CA, 03 Jan
Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus: Woodstock, NY, 02 July
Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis: Tri-City Park, Placentia, CA, 01 Jan ...
Red-shouldered Hawk, Buteo lineatus
Broad-winged Hawk, Buteo platypterus
Swainson's Hawk, Buteo swainsoni
Roadside Hawk, Buteo magnirostris
Ridgway's Hawk, Buteo ridgwayi
White-rumped Hawk, Buteo leucorrhous ...
The Fulvous Owl is a midsize owl, 15 - 17 inches in length (about the size of a Red-shouldered Hawk). It is nocturnal (active mostly at night), has a very bold call, and can often be heard vocalizing before dawn.
Barred Owls nest in cavities and will also use abandoned Red-Shouldered Hawk, Cooper's Hawk, Squirrel, or Crow nests. Eggs number 2-4 and are white and almost perfectly round with a slightly rough texture.
In addition to the night-herons, a pair of red-shouldered hawks also makes its home at the Zoo. For the past few years, the hawks have nested in Beaver Valley. Three years ago, they were successful in hatching chicks.
Abundance is limited by territory size and availability of large trees for nesting. Competes to some extent with the Red-shouldered Hawk for nest sites, although generally prefers larger, ...
Broad-winged Hawks inhabit wooded areas often near water. Red-shouldered Hawks inhabit swamps and woodlands. Nests are built in tall deciduous trees and often reused. After raising the young, they may use the nest as a feeding platform.
Species Buteo lineatus (red-shouldered hawk)
Species Buteo magnirostris (roadside hawk)
Species Buteo oreophilus (mountain buzzard) ...
It also imitates the cry of the Red-tailed Hawk and Red-shouldered Hawk, which has the effect of causing other birds to vacate feeding areas at the Steller's Jay's approach.
Habitat associations of Red-shouldered hawks in central Minnesota landscapes . Carlene Henneman. 2006 ...
Overall, Goshawks may be confused for one of the smaller soaring hawks or buteos like the Red-shouldered Hawk.
In Arthur Bent’s Life Histories of North American Birds of Prey, Herbert Ravenel Sass is quoted as saying: ...
Known predators include the milk snake, black snake, red-tailed hawk, red-shouldered hawk, sparrow hawk, broadwinged hawk, barn owl, short-eared owl, barred owl, horned owl, long-eared owl, screech owl, fox, weasel, and skunk.
across their wing feathers in a behavior called “anting.' It is believed that the ant's formic acid may act as an antiseptic on the blue jay's skin. Blue jays can mimic the sound of other birds including the scream of a red-shouldered hawk.
 See also: Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, Eagle, Falcon, Perch
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