The western red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis calurus) [1] is a subspecies of the red-tailed hawk.

A Great Plains race called "Krider's" hawk is pale, with a whitish head and washed-out pink in the tail. Light-morph western birds tend to be more streaky on the underparts than eastern Red-tails; south Texas forms are darker above, without the dark belly band most other Red-tails have.

East of the Mississippi, most Red-tails have white chest, dark "belly-band" of streaks. Western Red-tails are much more variable, from pale to rust-brown to blackish. (Some, known as "Harlan's Hawks," are usually dark-bodied and have tail whitish with dark marbling.)

The red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) is a bird of prey that breeds throughout most of North America, from the interior of Alaska and northern Canada to as far south as Panama and the West Indies. It is one of the most common members of the genus Buteo. [3]

Jan 4, 2021 · In western Pennsylvania, red-tailed hawks are best identified by the belly band of stripes below their breasts and dark patagial marks on their underwings. Some have dark markings, some are pale. Adults are redder than immatures.

Western Red-tailed Hawk General range: breeds throughout the western United States north to Alaska. Eastern and southern range limits are not well defined. Winters in the western United States and the Great Plains and sporadically in the east. Main field characteristics of adults: this form has a light phase, almost as

The Red-tailed Hawk comprises many subspecies throughout North and Central America, from the Pacific to Atlantic coasts, the tree-line in Alaska and Canada south to the forests of Panama, and the Caribbean.

Western Red-tailed Hawks nest from the Pacific Coast to the western Great Plains and north to southern Alaska. Harlan’s race is scattered as a breeder from western Alaska through the Yukon, Northwest Territories to southern Alberta.

Jul 12, 2023 · Red-Tailed Hawks are a migratory Western North American population. Breeds from central interior Alaska, through western Canada.

Incredible variation in plumages, including less common dark morphs and various regional differences. Eastern adults have brilliant reddish-orange tail and pale underparts with obvious band of dark marks across belly. Western birds are typically darker. Immatures do …