Red-tailed Hawk

Buteo jamaicensis

Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
Becky Matsubara from El Sobrante, California · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
18–26 inOpen countryYear-round

Song

A hoarse, drawn-out scream, the sound most films use for any eagle.

Easily confused with

Red-shouldered Hawk

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