ABOUT THIS SPECIES
RED-TAILED HAWK – (Species Account Weblog #97)
TAXONOMIC TREE:
- ORDER: Accipitriformes,
- FAMILY: Accipitridae,
- BINOMIAL NAME: Buteo jamaicensis
- SUBSPECIES IN COSTA RICA: B. j. costaricensis Ridgway, 1874. Resident in highlands of Costa Rica and w. Panamá [type locality = Costa Rica]
One of the vital widespread and generally noticed birds of prey in North America, the Purple-tailed Hawk (hereafter Purple-tail) occupies a broad vary of habitats from central Alaska south to Venezuela and east to the Virgin Islands. (from Birds of the World)
GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION
PERSONAL OBSERVATION ANECDOTES
In Costa Rica we noticed 3 Purple-tailed Hawks within the Talamanca Highlands close to Miriam’s Restaurant.
PHOTO GALLERY
**A few of these Photograph Gallery pictures (all taken by me) have been taken in different close by international locations.
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