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Red-shouldered Hawk
| Color: |
Brown, Red |
| Size: |
17" |
| Season: |
Year-round |
| Description: |
Smaller and stockier than a Red-tailed Hawk. Adult has dense orange barring on the front, red-orange on the shoulders and wing linings, black-and-white checkered wings in flight, and a black tail with narrow white bands. Juvenile has brown streaks on the front. |
| Voice: |
A downslurred scream keeyuur-keeyur repeated several times.
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| Habitat: |
Favors extensive, mature, mixed hardwood-pine woodlands, especially bottomland hardwood, riparian areas, and flooded hardwood swamps. |
| Interesting Fact: |
Blue Jays mimic Red-shoulder Hawk screams. Look for the bird before you decide which species you are hearing. |
| Scientific name: |
Buteo lineatus |
| Order: |
Falconiformes |
| Family: |
Accipitridae |
Adult Erik Hendrickson |
Adult Erik Hendrickson |
Juvenile Robert Herron |
Young in the nest Robert Herron |
Adult in flight Ben Meadors |
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