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They are generally shy and nonaggressive toward people, and are commonly attacked (but usually not injured) by crows, magpies, owls, other hawks and even songbirds over territorial disputes. When threatened by an intruder, a red-tailed hawk won't usually stay to defend its nest.There are nearly a dozen subspecies of red-tailed hawks six are recognized in the US.Dark phase birds may have red or black bellies, breasts, or wing linings. There may also be a darker band across the belly. In a lighter color phase, adult breasts are cream colored and streaked with brown. Typically, backs and upper wing surfaces are dark gray or reddish brown, streaked and barred with lighter colors.

Generally, adult red-tailed hawks have a broad, fan-shaped tail with a red upper surface.

Plumage in red-tailed hawks is highly variable, and includes nine recognized color morphs.

Then the hawk attacks quickly, and may even pursue prey over short distances. For more alert prey, a red-tailed hawk approaches indirectly from behind the cover of trees and bushes. For unwary prey like mice, red-tailed hawks may fly openly from perch to perch. They scan for prey from either a soaring or perched position, and then move in for the kill.

Like other buteos, the red-tailed hawks hunting style allows them to expend less energy when hunting.

This flexibility in diet contributes to their successful adaptation to many types of ecosystems. About 75 percent of their diet consists of rodents and other small mammals.

Red-tailed hawks are opportunistic, preying on a broad variety of animals: insects, rats, mice, squirrels, reptiles and other birds.

The red-tailed hawk call is commonly used in television and movies to represent the vocalizations of other birds, including vultures and eagles.

Accipiter: a genus of hawk characterized by short wings and a long tail.Buteo: a genus of hawk characterized by broad wings and soaring behavior.Red-tailed hawks live in a variety of habitats: open country, scrub, woodlands, rocky canyons, coastlines, prairies and deserts. Its range is from Alaska and northern Canada south to Central America. The red-tailed hawk is one of the most common large, broad-winged hawks in North America.