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Where does the Red-tailed Hawk live?

Buteo jamaicensis has 12,453,989 records in 43 countries and territories, from 1837 to 2026. Most records come from United States.

Red-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk — Becky Matsubara from El Sobrante, California / CC BY 2.0 · source
AnimaliaChordataAvesAccipitriformesAccipitridaeButeo

When it is recorded

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Peak month: April. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
United States 11,179,144
Canada 1,084,464
Mexico 90,902
Puerto Rico 39,677
Costa Rica 21,066
Guatemala 8,150
Cuba 6,897
Jamaica 4,911
Honduras 3,450
Dominican Republic 3,275
Panama 2,586
Bahamas 2,432
US Virgin Islands 1,905
Nicaragua 1,538
El Salvador 940
Haiti 932
Belize 523
British Virgin Islands 383
St Kitts & Nevis 295
Bonaire 271
Bermuda 79
Netherlands 40
United Kingdom 30
Colombia 21
Belgium 16
Saint Martin 9
Saint Barthélemy 5
Antigua & Barbuda 4
Guadeloupe 4
ZZ 3
Spain 2
Greece 2
Cayman Islands 2
Saint Lucia 2
Austria 1
Barbados 1
China 1
France 1
Italy 1
Nigeria 1

Showing the top 40 of 43 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.