Kites, Hawks, Eagles
Red-shouldered Hawk
Buteo lineatus
The red-shouldered hawk (Buteo lineatus) is a medium-sized hawk. Its breeding range spans eastern North America and along the coast of California and northern to northeastern-central Mexico. Red-shouldered hawks are permanent residents throughout most of their range, though northern birds do migrate, mostly to central Mexico.
- Family
- Kites, Hawks, Eagles
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- Weight
- 604 g
- Habitat
- Woodland
- Diet
- Vertebrates, fish and carrion
- Migration
- Migrant
- Countries recorded
- 3
