Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus), version 2.0

Dykstra, Cheryl R.; Hays, Jeffrey L.; Crocoll, Scott T.

doi:10.2173/bna.107

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Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus

Cheryl R. Dykstra, Jeffrey L. Hays, and Scott T. Crocoll
Version: 2.0 — Published April 24, 2008

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Introduction
Appearance
- Molts
- Bare Parts
- Measurements
Systematics
- Geographic Variation
- Subspecies
- Related Species
Distribution, Migration, and Habitat
- Distribution in the Americas
- Distribution Outside the Americas
- Nature of Migration
- Timing and Routes of Migration
- Migratory Behavior
- Control and Physiology of Migration
- Habitat in Breeding Range
- Habitat in the Overwintering Range
- Historical Changes to the Distribution
- Fossil History
Diet and Foraging
- Feeding
- Diet
- Food Selection and Storage
- Nutrition and Energetics
- Metabolism and Temperature Regulation
- Drinking, Pellet-Casting, and Defecation
Sounds and Vocal Behavior
- Vocalizations
- Nonvocal Sounds
Behavior
- Locomotion
- Self-Maintenance
- Agonistic Behavior
- Spacing
- Sexual Behavior
- Social and Interspecific Behavior
- Predation
Breeding
- Phenology
- Nest Site
- Nest
- Eggs
- Incubation
- Hatching
- Young Birds
- Parental Care
- Cooperative Breeding
- Brood Parasitism
- Fledgling Stage
- Immature Stage
Demography and Populations
- Measures of Breeding Activity
- Life Span and Survivorship
- Disease and Body Parasites
- Causes of Mortality
- Range
- Population Status
- Population Regulation
Conservation and Management
- Effects of Human Activity
- Management
Priorities for Future Research
Acknowledgments
About the Author(s)

Multimedia
- Photos
- Audio
- Video
- Figures
Tables and Appendices

Revision History

References

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Figure 1. Breeding, nonbreeding, and year-round range of the Red-shouldered Hawk. - Range Map — Enlarge

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Migration

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Non-Breeding

Figure 1. Breeding, nonbreeding, and year-round range of the Red-shouldered Hawk.

Recommended Citation

Dykstra, C. R., J. L. Hays, and S. T. Crocoll (2008). Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (A. F. Poole, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bna.107

Language	Common name
Dutch	Roodschouderbuizerd
English (United States)	Red-shouldered Hawk
Finnish	ruostehiirihaukka
French	Buse à épaulettes
German	Rotschulterbussard
Icelandic	Leirvákur
Japanese	カタアカノスリ
Norwegian	rødvingevåk
Polish	myszołów rdzawoskrzydły
Russian	Красноплечий канюк
Serbian	Crvenokrili mišar
Slovak	myšiak hrdzavokrídly
Spanish	Busardo Pechirrojo
Spanish (Mexico)	Aguililla Pecho Rojo
Spanish (Spain)	Busardo pechirrojo
Swedish	bandvingad vråk
Turkish	Kızıl Omuzlu Şahin

Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus

Species names in all available languages

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