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Red-Tailed Hawk

Red-Tailed Hawk. Red-Tailed Hawk. Buteo jamaicensis By 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

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Red-Tailed Hawk

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  1. Red-Tailed Hawk Red-Tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis By Weston Weller

  2. RECAP In case you did not get notes from video…

  3. 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

  4. Classification Animalia Chordata Aves Falconiform Accipitridae Buteo jamaicensis

  5. Distribution • Ranges from Canada to Panama • Conservation Status: Stable and numbers are increasing

  6. Physical Characteristics • Females are usually larger than males • No other extreme differences for the male and female

  7. Behavior • Does not hibernate • Migrates short distances

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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.

  12. 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

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