Red-tailed Hawk / Buteo jamaicensis LC
- Synonyms Harlan hawk, Black Warrior, California Hawk, Harlan's Hawk, Chicken Hawk, Hen Hawk, red hawk, Krider's Hawk, Fuertes' Hawk, Cooper's buzzard Hawk
- Old latin name for bird Falco jamaicensis, Buteo borealis, Falco borealis
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Where to see Red-tailed Hawk
- Breeding region Middle America, North America
- Breeding subregion widespread
- Anguilla
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Belize
- Bermuda
- Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
- Canada
- Cayman Islands
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Dominican Republic
- El Salvador
- Guadeloupe
- Guatemala
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Jamaica
- Mexico
- Montserrat
- Nicaragua
- Panama
- Puerto Rico
- Saint Barthélemy
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Martin (French part)
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- United States Minor Outlying Islands
- United States of America
- Venezuela
- Virgin Islands (British)
- Virgin Islands (U.S.)
Red-tailed Hawk subspecies (13)
| Subspecies | Breeding subregion | Nonbreeding subregion | Extinct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buteo jamaicensis alascensis | se Alaska and sw Canada | - | No |
| Buteo jamaicensis borealis | e North America | n Mexico | No |
| Buteo jamaicensis calurus | w North America | Central America | No |
| Buteo jamaicensis costaricensis | Costa Rica and w Panama | - | No |
| Buteo jamaicensis fuertesi | sw USA and n Mexico | - | No |
| Buteo jamaicensis fumosus | Tres Marías Is. (off wc Mexico) | - | No |
| Buteo jamaicensis hadropus | c Mexico | - | No |
| Buteo jamaicensis harlani | c Alaska and nw Canada | - | No |
| Buteo jamaicensis jamaicensis | Jamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico and n Lesser Antilles | - | No |
| Buteo jamaicensis kemsiesi | s Mexico to Nicaragua | - | No |
| Buteo jamaicensis socorroensis | Socorro I. (off w Mexico) | - | No |
| Buteo jamaicensis suttoni | s Baja California (Mexico) | - | No |
| Buteo jamaicensis umbrinus | Florida (USA), Bahamas and Cuba | - | No |
Species Name in Other Languages
| Language | Translation |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Rooistertjakkalsvoël |
| Azerbaijani | qızılquyruq sar |
| Basque | Zapelatz buztangorria |
| Belarusian | Чырванахвосты канюх |
| Bengali | রারমরজ চতাফাজ |
| Breton | Baou lost rous |
| Bulgarian | Червеноопашат мишелов |
| Catalan | Aligot de cua roja, aligot cua-roig |
| Chinese | 红尾鵟 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 紅尾鵟 |
| Cree | sachgootamo |
| Croatian | Crvnorepi škanjac, crvenorepi škanjac |
| Czech | káně rudochvostá, Káne rudoocasá |
| Danish | Rødhalet Våge |
| Dutch | Roodstaart Buizerd, Roodstaartbuizerd |
| Esperanto | Ruĝvosta buteo |
| Estonian | punasaba-viu |
| Finnish | amerikanhiirihaukka |
| French | Buse à queue rousse, Buse de Harlan |
| Galician | Miñato de rabo vermello, Buxato rabirrubio |
| German | Rotschwanzbussard |
| Greek | Αμερικανική Γερακίνα |
| Hungarian | rőtfarkú ölyv |
| Icelandic | Ryðvákur |
| Irish | Clamhán earrdhearg |
| Italian | Poiana codarossa, Poiana della Giamaica |
| Japanese | アカオノスリ |
| Latvian | rudastes klijāns |
| Lithuanian | Raudonuodegis suopis, jamaikinis suopis |
| Mongolian | сар |
| Norwegian | rødhalevåk |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | Raudhalevåk |
| Polish | myszołów rdzawosterny, myszolów rdzawosterny |
| Portuguese | bútio-de-cauda-vermelha, Bútio-rabirruivo, Gavião-de-rabo-vermelho |
| Romanian | Şorecar de coadă roşie |
| Russian | Краснохвостый канюк, Канюк ямайский или краснохвостый, Краснохвостый сарыч |
| Serbian | Crvenorepi mišar |
| Slovak | myšiak hrdzavochvostý |
| Slovenian | Rdečerepi kanja |
| Spanish | Gavilán cola roja, aguililla cola-roja, Busardo colirrojo, Aguililla Cola Roja, Águila Colirrojo, Gavilán de Monte, Aguililla Colirroja, Gavilán Colirrojo, Guaraguao, Gavilán de Cola Roja |
| Swedish | rödstjärtad vråk |
| Turkish | Kızıl Kuyruklu Şahin, Kızılkuyruklu şahin |
| Ukrainian | канюк неоарктичний |
| Welsh | Bwncath cynffongoch |
























