Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies

This taxon is a subspecies of Buteo jamaicensis [fuertesi or suttoni]

Your sightings

Related taxa

Alternative arrangements:  1  2  3 

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Rooistertjakkalsvoël (Sutton-)
Bulgarian: Червеноопашат мишелов (ssp. suttoni)
Catalan: aligot cua-roig (suttoni)
Czech: káně rudochvostá (ssp. suttoni)
Danish: Rødhalet Våge (Bajavåge)
German: Rotschwanzbussard (suttoni)
Greek: Αμερικανική Γερακίνα (suttoni)
English: Red-tailed Hawk (suttoni), Red-tailed Hawk (Sutton's)
English (Avilist): Red-tailed Hawk (Sutton's)
English, HBW: Red-tailed Hawk (Sutton's)
English (IOC): Red-tailed Hawk (Sutton's)
English (United States): Red-tailed Hawk (Sutton's)
Spanish: Busardo Colirrojo (suttoni)
Spanish (Costa Rica): Gavilán Colirrojo (suttoni)
Spanish (Cuba): Gavilán de Monte (Sutton)
Spanish (Spain): Busardo colirrojo (suttoni)
Estonian: punasaba-viu (ssp. suttoni)
Finnish: amerikanhiirihaukka (suttoni)
French: Buse à queue rousse (forme suttoni), Buse à queue rousse (suttoni)
Croatian: crvenorepi škanjac (suttoni)
Icelandic: Ryðvákur (suttoni)
Scientific: Buteo jamaicensis suttoni
Dutch: Roodstaartbuizerd (suttoni)
Norwegian: rødstjertvåk (suttoni)
Polish: myszołów rdzawosterny (suttoni)
Slovak: myšiak hrdzavochvostý (kalifornský)
Serbian: Crvenorepi mišar (suttoni)
Swedish: rödstjärtad vråk (suttoni)
Turkish: Kızıl Kuyruklu Şahin (suttoni)