Red-tailed Hawk
- Buteo Jamaicensis
- Red-tailed hawks are found throughout Canada, the United States, and Central America where they inhabit typically open areas for hunting.
- This elegant bird of prey has a uniform red tail and a 4 foot wingspan.
- Like many hawks, they are monogamous and share offspring rearing duties, only changing mates after a previous mate has died.
- Great horned owls are known predators of nestling hawks and crows and ravens are known predators of the eggs.
- They are protected under the Migratory Bird Act.
Location at Palm Beach Zoo
- Florida Wetlands Birds of Prey Exhibit
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