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Red-shouldered Hawk -
(Buteo lineatus)
 

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Identification

  • Medium-sized bird of prey
  • Mottled dark above, with reddish
         shoulders (although not always visible)
  • Reddish below
  • Dark tail bands
  • Juvenile brown above, light below with
         brown
    streaking
  • 15-19" (38-48 cm.)

Habitat

  • Large tracts of mature forest near water
  • Floodplain forests

Additional Information

  • Uncommon migrant and summer resident
  • Wisconsin threatened species
  • More aquatic diet than most raptors
  • Occasionally found on the KVR

Red-shouldered Hawk standing on wooden fence rail

Red-shouldered hawk on ground among brush

The Kickapoo Reserve Management Board acknowledges that the state and federal lands that comprise the Reserve fall within the ancestral homelands of First Nations people including the Hooçak Nation. We recognize the sovereignty of the Hooçak and other First Nations and will work towards a shared future by continuing to create collaborative opportunities to protect and preserve these lands.

Kickapoo Valley Reserve | S3661 State Highway 131 | La Farge, Wisconsin 54639 
Phone: 608-625-2960 | FAX: 608-625-2962
kickapoo.reserve@krm.state.wi.us

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