Tag: Buteo jamaicensis

Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)

[order] ACCIPITRIFORMES | [family] Accipitridae | [latin] Buteo jamaicensis | [authority] Gmelin, 1788 | [UK] Red-tailed Hawk | [FR] Buse a queue rousse | [DE] Rotschwanz-Bussard | [ES] Busardo Colirrojo | [NL] Roodstaartbuizerd Subspecies Monotypic species Genus Members of the genus Buteo are broad-winged, broad-tailed hawks, Well adapted for soaring. The bill, legs and talons […]