Size: 19 inches
Overall Color: brown
Occurrence: widespread
Diet: small mammals, birds, reptiles
Nest: large platform
Field Identification: hawk bill, usually red tail, black wing tips
Season: year-round

Red-tailed hawk
Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Phylum: Chordata (hollow nerve cord)
Subphylum: Vertebrata (backbone)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Order: Falconiformes
Family: Accipitridae (accipiters)
Genus: Buteo
species: jamaicensis