Subspecies
Buteo lineatus elegans (California red-shouldered hawk)
Buteo lineatus elegans. Photo: (c) Kathleen L. Ryan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
The red-shouldered hawk (Buteo lineatus) is a medium-sized hawk. Its breeding range spans eastern North America and along the coast of California and northern to northeastern-central Mexico. Red-shouldered hawks are permanent residents throughout most of their range, though northern birds do migrate, mostly to central Mexico. The main conservation threat to the widespread species is deforestation.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
- Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
- Class: Aves (Birds)
- Order: Accipitriformes (Hawks, eagles, kites, and allies)
- Family: Accipitridae (Hawks, eagles, and kites)
- Genus: Buteo (Buteos)
- Species: Buteo lineatus (Red-shouldered hawk)
- Subspecies: Buteo lineatus elegans (California red-shouldered hawk)
- Species: Buteo lineatus (Red-shouldered hawk)
- Genus: Buteo (Buteos)
- Family: Accipitridae (Hawks, eagles, and kites)
- Order: Accipitriformes (Hawks, eagles, kites, and allies)
- Class: Aves (Birds)
- Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
- Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)























