Red-tailed hawk
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The red-tailed hawk is a bird of prey and one of the most common hawks in North America. In the United States, it is one of three species colloquially known as the "chickenhawk". The red-tailed hawk b
Red tailed Hawk
Close-up of an adult head
In flight, showing the red tail
Leucistic individual, in Kentucky
Falconry
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Falconry is the hunting of wild animals in their natural state and habitat by means of a trained bird of prey. Small animals are hunted; squirrels and rabbits often fall prey to these birds. Two tradi
Red-tailed hawk
…is sometimes considered a separate species (B. harlani). Because they are so common and easily trained as capable hunters, most hawks captured for falconry in the United States are red-tailed hawks. The feathers and other parts of the red-tailed hawk are considered sacred to many American indigenous people…
A Eurasian goshawk
Flying a saker falcon
A falconer's red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
Harris's hawk used in falconry