Red-Tailed Hawk

• Scientific Name: Buteo Jamaicensis
• Common Name: Red-Tailed Hawk
• Diet: small mammals, birds, reptiles
• Color: brown
• Size: 19 inches
• Active Period: Year-round
• Habitat: widespread
• Field Identification: hawk bill, usually red tail, black wing tips
• Nest: large platform
• Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
• Genus: Buteo
• Family: Accipitridae (accipiters)
• Order: Falconiformes
• Phylum: Chordata (hollow nerve cord)
• Subphylum: Vertebrata (backbone)
• Species: jamaicensis