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Red-tailed Hawk -  Buteo jamaicensis  -  Unknown  -   Unknown
Scan ID:  60043
   Notes:  Various adult rectrix patterns

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FEATHER SCAN DATA

Feather Metadata
Feather Total Length
Feather Vane Length
Specimen Number: Various Feather 1: 24.0 cm Feather 1: 20.9 cm
Common Name: Red-tailed Hawk Feather 2: 25.3 cm Feather 2: 21.4 cm
Latin Name: Buteo jamaicensis Feather 3: 21.4 cm Feather 3: 17.3 cm
Order: Accipitriformes Feather 4: 24.7 cm Feather 4: 20.1 cm
Family: Accipitridae Feather 5: 22.8 cm Feather 5: 19.8 cm
Feather Type: Rectrices Feather 6: 21.6 cm Feather 6: 18.8 cm
Sex: Unknown Feather 7: N/A Feather 7: N/A
Age: Unknown Feather 8: N/A Feather 8: N/A
County: Various Feather 9: N/A Feather 9: N/A
State: Various Feather 10: N/A Feather 10: N/A
Country: Various Feather 11: N/A Feather 11: N/A
Institution: National Fish and Wildlife
Forensics Lab		 Feather 12: N/A Feather 12: N/A
 

ADDITIONAL IMAGES OF Red-tailed Hawk

 Common Name  Latin Name  Feather Type  Sex  Age
 Red-tailed Hawk   Buteo jamaicensis   Rectrices   Male   Adult
 Red-tailed Hawk   Buteo jamaicensis   Rectrices   Unknown   Unknown
 Red-tailed Hawk   Buteo jamaicensis   Rectrices   Unknown   Unknown
 Red-tailed Hawk   Buteo jamaicensis   Rectrices   Male   Juvenile
 Red-tailed Hawk   Buteo jamaicensis   Rectrices   Unknown   Adult
 Red-tailed Hawk   Buteo jamaicensis   Rectrices   Unknown   Juvenile
 Red-tailed Hawk   Buteo jamaicensis   Primaries   Male   Adult
 Red-tailed Hawk   Buteo jamaicensis   Primaries   Male   Adult
 Red-tailed Hawk   Buteo jamaicensis   Secondaries   Male   Adult
 Red-tailed Hawk   Buteo jamaicensis   Primaries   Male   Juvenile
 Red-tailed Hawk   Buteo jamaicensis   Primaries   Male   Juvenile
 Red-tailed Hawk   Buteo jamaicensis   Secondaries   Male   Juvenile
 Red-tailed Hawk   Buteo jamaicensis   Rectrices   Unknown   Juvenile
 Red-tailed Hawk   Buteo jamaicensis   Rectrices   Unknown   Juvenile
 Red-tailed Hawk   Buteo jamaicensis   Primaries   Unknown   Juvenile
 Red-tailed Hawk   Buteo jamaicensis   Primaries   Unknown   Juvenile
 Red-tailed Hawk   Buteo jamaicensis   Secondaries   Unknown   Juvenile
 Red-tailed Hawk   Buteo jamaicensis   Secondaries   Unknown   Juvenile
 Red-tailed Hawk   Buteo jamaicensis   Primaries   Male   Adult
 Red-tailed Hawk   Buteo jamaicensis   Secondaries   Male   Adult
 Red-tailed Hawk   Buteo jamaicensis   Secondaries   Male   Adult

Last Updated: April 17, 2023
Photographs from USFWS

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