Red Tailed Hawk
By: Hastings Witt

Buteo jamaicensis

    The red tailed hawk or Buteo jamaicensis Is very common in most parts of North America. It prefers grasslands, forest, and marsh areas. Its domain is eukaryote, and its Kingdom is animalia. Its phylum is chordata, and its class is aves. Its order is falconiformes, and its family is accipitridae. Its genus is Buteo, and its species is jamaicensis. This bird has bilateral symmetry. This means that it can be divided into two sides and the two sides will be mirror and ages of each other. this bird has a reddish brownish appearance, its feathers are brown, like  its beak, and its claws are yellow. Some adaptations this animal possesses are its long wings. This is a structural adaptation because the animal was created this way. It also has sharp claws to grab its prey, this is also structural. Lastly is has outstanding eyesight to seek out prey while hunting, this is also structural. An interesting fact about this organism is that it is the most common hawk in North America. The predators of this animal are raccoons, great horned owls, and red foxes. The prey of this animal includes lizards, frogs, snakes, bats, mice, rats, and squirrels. This means that this organism is heterotrophic because it eats other organisms and doesn't produce its own food. It is also endothermic, which means that this organism is warm blooded.