Red-Tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis By Weston Weller.
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Red-Tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensisBy
Weston Weller
RECAP
In case you did not get notes from video…
Habitat
• Red-Tails can occupy about every habitat in North America, that is why they are so widespread and known
• Can find them in grasslands, deserts, mountain plains, forests, open fields, deserts, even rainforests
Classification
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Falconiform
Accipitridae
Buteo
jamaicensis
Distribution
• Ranges from Canada to Panama
• Conservation Status: Stable and numbers are increasing
Physical Characteristics • Females are usually
larger than males• No other extreme
differences for the male and female
Behavior
• Does not hibernate
• Migrates short distances
Reproductive • Mating: done by spectacular aerial
maneuvers
• Have 2-4 eggs, rarely 1 or 5
• Incubation done by both parents, 28-35 days
• Females stay in nest while males drop food to them
• Mate for life
Young• Cainism is not
common but not rare. Happens when older siblings need protein to grow, but does not occur as much as eagles
• Leave the nest at 39-46 days
• A common predator of these chicks is the Great Horned Owl
Diet and Hunting Behavior
• Eats small mammals (squirrels, voles, etc), small birds, reptiles, even fish
• Hunt by swooping down from a perch to seize prey, also can be seen soaring over fields, looking for prey
Human Relations
• Red-tailed Hawks are very helpful to us as controllers of rodents
• They were becoming endangered because of pesticides and other chemicals used by us, but we have stopped using as much as we once did.
Interesting Facts
• Most movies you watch, regardless of what bird you see on the screen, you hear a Red-Tailed Hawk call.
• Prime example: Lord of the Rings/ The Hobbit