Red-tailed hawk

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Red-tailed Hawk
Scientific classification
Kingdom Information
Domain	Eukaryota
Kingdom	Animalia
Subkingdom	Bilateria
Branch	Deuterostomia
Phylum Information
Phylum	Chordata
Sub-phylum	Vertebrata
Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
Class Information
Superclass	Tetrapoda
Class	Aves
Sub-class	Neornithes
Infra-class	Neoaves
Order Information
Superorder	Passerimorphae
Order	Accipitriformes
Infraorder	Falconides
Family Information
Family	Accipitridae
Sub-family	Buteoninae
Genus Information
Genus	Buteo
Species Information
Species	B. jamaicensis
Population statistics

The Red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) is a well-known Buteo hawk of the family Accipitridae. It is one of the most common hawks in North America, being found from Southern Canada throughout all of the lower 48 United States, as well as in Mexico and Central America and the Caribbean islands.

The red-tailed hawk usually preys on small mammals like rodents, including squirrels and chipmunks, as well as pests like rats and mice.