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Red-Tailed Hawk

Buteo jamaicensis

Photo by KristaHerman
Published on Project Noah
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Description:

The red tail, which gives this species its name, is uniformly brick-red above and pink below. The bill is short and dark, in the hooked shape characteristic of raptors.They have short,broad tails and thick,chunky wings

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