Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis

Photo: Frank van Spelde

Classification

Buteo [genus] (2)

Buteo [genus] (2)

Recorded on	Saba
	Sint Eustatius
	Sint Maarten

Presence status	Indigenous (1) - Saba
	Indigenous (1) - Sint Eustatius
	No longer present (0) - Sint Maarten

Distribution description	American continent and the West Indies.

Notes on presence status	Extirpated on St. Martin (Raffaele et al. 1999). Records of this species are the subspecies Buteo jamaicensis jamaicensis (Gmelin, 1788).

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