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Red-tailed Hawk

Buteo jamaicensis

Photo by IsraMartinez
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Field Notes

Description:

When it flew off I saw a lot of red in the wings

Habitat:

Aggie land campus

Species ID Suggestions

Swainson's Hawk, light morph

Buteo swainsoni

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MrsPbio
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Red-tailed Hawk

Buteo jamaicensis

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Liam
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Comments (5)
ChristyHolland
I have added the common and scientific names, Per Liam's suggestions and comments. These are very important pieces of information as they remove the spotting from the unidentified portion of our database. Thanks for adding it to the Raptor mission!
Liam
Swainson's should show longer primaries and will have a dark bit on the chest in all plumages. This is a very pale Red-tailed Hawk, probably a B.j. borealis subspecies. Albeit vague, the belly band is present, and most visible in the last photo.
MrsPbio
Not 100% sure, but I think it may be a Swainson's Hawk? Anybody agree/disagree?
ForestDragon
Perhaps a Swainson's Hawk, Buteo swainsoni. I'm not completely confident in that but it looks very similar to the light morph of the species. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swainson's_Hawk

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Raptors of North America
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PublishedApril 9, 2013

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