Red-Tailed Hawk Foot Open Replica

Description

Red-tailed hawk foot open replica measures 5.11 x 3.5 x 1.8 inches. Buteo jamaicensis is a museum-quality polyurethane resin cast of a Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History specimen. 1:1 scale. Made in USA.

The red-tailed hawk inhabits North America down to Panama, where it hunts small animals alongside the roadside. The red-tailed hawk is 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.

The red-tailed hawk 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.

Scientific Classification

• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Chordata
• Class: Aves
• Order: Accipitriformes
• Family: Accipitridae
• Genus: Buteo
• Species: B. jamaicensis
• Binomial name: Buteo jamaicensis (Gmelin, 1788)
• Conservation status: Least concern (IUCN 3.1)

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