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    (c) Craig K. Hunt, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) tony_tumminello, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Liam Huber, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Marin Cantrell, all rights reserved

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    (c) Donna Pomeroy, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Red-tailed Hawk

Buteo jamaicensis

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About

The red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) is a bird of prey that breeds throughout most of North America, from the interior of Alaska and northern Canada to as far south as Panama and the West Indies. It is one of the most common members within the genus of Buteo in North America or worldwide. The red-tailed hawk is one of three species colloquially known in the United States as the "chickenhawk", though it rarely preys on standard-sized...

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