red-tailed hawk

noun

Buteo jamaicensis, a medium-sized bird of prey found throughout North America.

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chickenhawkredtailButeo jamaicensis
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Meanings

nounred-tailed hawk (plural red-tailed hawks)

plural red-tailed hawks

  1. Buteo jamaicensis, a medium-sized bird of prey found throughout North America.

    Synonyms: chickenhawk

Synonyms & antonyms

nounButeo jamaicensis, a medium-sized bird of prey found throughout North America.

Similar
chickenhawk

More synonyms by meaning

noundark brown American hawk species having a reddish-brown tail

Similar
redtailButeo jamaicensis
Broader
hawk
Also see
redtail

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Esperanto jamajka buteo
  • jamajka buteobird of prey
Finnish amerikanhiirihaukka
  • amerikanhiirihaukkabird of prey
French buse à queue rousse
  • buse à queue roussebird of prey
German Rotschwanzbussard
  • Rotschwanzbussardbird of prey
Italian falco coda rossa
  • falco coda rossabird of prey
Japanese 赤尾鵟
  • 赤尾鵟 (akao no suri)bird of prey
Portuguese gavião-de-cauda-vermelha
  • gavião-de-cauda-vermelhabird of prey
Romanian șoricar de coadă roșie
  • șoricar de coadă roșiebird of prey
Russian краснохво́стый сары́ч
  • краснохво́стый сары́ч (krasnoxvóstyj sarýč)bird of prey
Spanish ratonero de cola roja, gavilán colirrojo
  • ratonero de cola rojabird of prey
  • gavilán colirrojobird of prey
  • guaraguaobird of prey
Cite this entry
APA

red-tailed hawk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/red-tailed%20hawk

MLA

“red-tailed hawk.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/red-tailed%20hawk. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “red-tailed hawk,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/red-tailed%20hawk.

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