Forestry & Wildlife

*This is an excerpt from Common Birds of Prey of Alabama, ANR – 1386.

Typically about half the size of the red-tailed hawk, the red-shouldered hawk is most often found in floodplain forests. Features distinguishing the red-shouldered hawk from other species in the genus Buteo include their reddish shoulder patches and barred undersides and a pale crescent near the wing tips that is visible in flight. Their dark tails have narrow white bands and are longer than the tails of other, similar species.

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