Red-shouldered Hawk
Buteo lineatus
Photo: Mohan Nannapaneni · Pexels · Pexels License (licence)
Call and song
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About the Red-shouldered Hawk
Smaller than Red-tailed Hawk. Adults are beautiful with rich orange barring below and bold black-and-white checkerboard patterning on wings. Often in forested areas, where they hunt from perches. Perches on wires more frequently than Red-tailed Hawk. In flight, wings seem narrow and pushed forward compared to Red-tailed or Broad-winged Hawk; also note relatively long tail. Population in California is more richly colored (darker orange) than paler Eastern birds; while Florida birds are paler with gray head and back.
Species account: eBird.org, fetched 2025-12-26 · How these pages are made
Where it has been recorded
Recorded in 4 of the 253 countries we have eBird lists for. Each opens that country's checklist.
