Buteo lineatus
Family: Accipitridae
Average annual sightings on Hawk Hill: 470; Hawk Hill sightings mid-September through mid-October
Total banded by GGRO as of 2018: 465
Size: length 19 inches; wingspan 40 inches; Redtail size
Key Field Marks: Accipiter-like buteo; crescent-shaped window in outerwing; thin white bands on dark tail
Adult: red belly and 2-3 vivid white thin bands on black tail
Juvenile: brown speckled belly, dingy-white thin tail bands on brown tail
Flight: flap-glides more than Red-tailed Hawk; quick, swift shallow wing-beats; glides on down-curved wings; soars on flat wings
(Average annual sightings based on 2006-2017 data; 2010 and 2013 data not included due to partial seasons)
