Buteo lineatus
SUBFAMILY BUTEONINAE

HABITAT: WOODLANDS, WOODED RIVERS, TIMBERED SWAMPS
L 17" WS 40" WT 1.4lbs. F>M * LIFESPAN UP TO 18 YRS

The red-shouldered hawk is a slim, narrow-winged, long-tailed buteo. It obtains prey by still-hunting
from perches and scanning the ground below. The 17- 24 inch (43-61 cm) adult is blackish-brown above with
extensive black and white checkering, especially apparent on the wings. Rufous streaking and edging is apparent
all over the body, but is most evident on the shoulders. The tail is blackish with three or four narrow white bands.
The breast, belly and wing linings are rufous with black streaks. Immatures are brownish above with little
or no rufous coloring. Their undersides are cream-colored, heavily streaked, and blotched with dark brown.
The tail is brownish-gray with narrow, light bands. From courtship to the start of incubation red-shouldered hawks scream
a loud "kee-yar;" during the remainder of the year they are predominantly silent.

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