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Photo Properties
Make
Canon
Model
Canon EOS 5D
Aperture Value
f/9.1
Color Space
sRGB
Exposure Bias Value
0 EV
Flash
No Flash
Focal Length
600 mm
ISO
320
Shutter Speed Value
1/790 sec
Date/Time
Mon 06 Dec 2010 08:38:21 AM EST
English Red-shouldered Hawk
Scientific (Buteo lineatus extimus)
Order ACCIPITRIFORMES
Family (Latin) Accipitridae
Family (English) Kites, Hawks, Eagles
Other name(s)
Breeding Regions NA, MA
Breeding Range Subregions se, c, also nw, se Mexico
Nonbreeding Range Subregions
Countries (BETA)map Canada,Mexico,United States - mainland,
IOC 13.1 Subspecies Group Subspecies Breeding Range
lineatus e North America
alleni sc Texas to North Carolina and n Florida (USA)
extimus s Florida and the Florida Keys (USA)
texanus s Texas (USA) to se Mexico
elegans s Oregon (USA) to Baja California (Mexico)
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet )
Described by (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
German Rotschulterbussard
French Buse à épaulettes
Chinese 赤肩鵟
Japanese カタアカノスリ
Russian Красноплечий канюк
Spanish Busardo de hombro rojo
Portuguese bútio-d'ombros-ruivos
Bird Data App text A medium-sized hawk Smaller than the [Red-tailed Hawk] and with a red shoulder. Found in swamps eating reptiles and amphibians.
Show Breeding Range Codes and IUCN Status Codes
Breeding Range Codes
AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN Antarctica
AO Atlantic Ocean
AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
PAL Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO Indian Ocean
LA Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO Northern oceans
OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
PO Pacific Ocean
SA South America
SO Southern oceans
TO Temperate oceans
TrO Tropical oceans
Worldwide Worldwide
IUCN Status Codes
EX Extinct
EW Extinct in the wild
CR Critically Endangered
EN Endangered
VU Vulnerable
NT Near Threatened
LC Least Concern
DD Data deficient
NE Not evaluated
PE Probably extinct (informal)
PEW Probably extinct in the wild (informal)