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Red-shouldered Hawk

Buteo lineatus ORDER: ACCIPITRIFORMES FAMILY: ACCIPITRIDAE

IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern

A common forest-dwelling hawk of the East and California, the Red-shouldered Hawk favors woodlands near water. It is perhaps the most vocal American hawk.

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Calls

  • Captive
    Recorded by Oliver H. Hewitt
  • Typical territorial call "kee-aah"
    Recorded by William W. H. Gunn
    Florida February 1966
    • Courtesy of Macaulay Library
    © Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Call a loud "kee-aah," with second note descending in pitch. Often given repeatedly.

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