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Red-tailed Hawk

Buteo jamaicensis

Photo by zapabio
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Red-tailed Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Species ID Suggestions

Red-tailed Hawk

Buteo jamaicensis
Caleb Steindel
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Comments (8)
HemaShah
you are welcome,zapabio. When in doubt ,you can always check with Liam or you can also put it up on Bird Forum.
HemaShah
zapabio,those bands are typical of a juvenile immature hawk.
zapabio
What about the band in its tail LandmarkExpert?
zapabio
KimLomman - I added another photo, and now I think it could be a Red-shouldered Hawk, what do you think?
KimLomman
This one is difficult. So far I'm thinking either a Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni) or a juvenile dark morph Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis calurus).

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