Florida Red-tailed Hawk

Buteo jamaicensis umbrinus

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The Florida red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis umbrinus) is a subspecies of red-tailed hawk. It occurs year round in peninsular Florida north as far as Tampa Bay and the Kissimmee Prairie and south down to the Florida Keys. This subspecies is very large, only the southwestern red-tailed hawk (B. j. fuertesi) averages larger in overall dimensions. Although a non-migratory subspecies, its wings are notably longer than those of the eastern red-tailed hawk (S. b. borealis)

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  1. (c) Owen Strickland, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY), uploaded by Owen Strickland
  2. (c) Wikipedia, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buteo_jamaicensis_umbrinus

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