Red-Tailed Hawk Foot Closed Replica

$25.00

Red Tailed Hawks are impressive predators belonging to the group called raptors or birds of prey. These hawks are equipped with keen eyesight for locating prey, powerful talons for grasping and killing and a sharp hooked beak for tearing flesh.

Description

Red-Tailed Hawk Foot Closed Replica measures 5.31 inches. Red-Tailed Hawk Foot Closed Replica is museum quality polyurethane cast. Made in the USA. Buteo jamaicensis is the scientific name. Our precise foot can be used as a teaching tool, museum foot exhibit, home décor foot, or office décor foot.

Red-Tailed Hawk or Buteo jamaicensis is found in North America to Panama and is a roadside predator of small mammals. The Red-tailed Hawk or Buteo jamaicensisis a medium-sized bird of prey know as a raptor.

They have long, broad wings and short, wide tails with reddish brown color. Juveniles lack the red tail. These hawks are often seen perched near roadsides or soaring over open fields searching for mice, snakes and other rodents.

Red-tailed hawk or Buteo jamaicensis plumage can be variable, depending on the subspecies and the region. These color variations are morphs, and are not related to molting. They have a whitish underbelly, formed by horizontal streaks in feather patterning, is present in most color variations.

Most adult red-tail hawks or Buteo jamaicensis have a dark brown nape and upper head which gives them a somewhat hooded appearance, while the throat can variably present a lighter brown. Especially in younger birds, the underside may be otherwise covered with spotting and some adults may too manifest this stippling.

The back is usually a slightly darker brown than elsewhere with paler scapular feathers, ranging from tawny to white, forming a variable imperfect “V” on the back. The tail of most adults, is rufous brick-red above with a variably sized black subterminal band and generally appears light buff-orange from below.

The typical pale immatures typically have a mildly paler head and tend to show a darker back than adults with more apparent pale wing feather edges above. In immature red-tailed hawk or Buteo jamaicensis of all hues.

Red-Tailed Hawk Facts:
Conservation status: Least concern
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Buteo
Species: B. jamaicensis
Binomial name: Buteo jamaicensis

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Additional information

Weight 3.2 lbs
Dimensions 5.31 in