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Red-shouldered Hawk
Buteo lineatus
(L 17" WS 40" Wt 1.4 lb)
Laguna Park
San Luis Obispo
11Oct2012
May “argue” and fight with
crows over captured prey.
Tijuana Estuary
San Diego
25Feb2015
© Cornell
Ornithology
Buteo
in Latin means
buzzard
;
lineatus
is Latin for
lined
.
juvenile
© Paul
Fenwick
Macaulay
Library