The scientific or taxonomic name would be Buteo lagopus.

The scientific or taxonomic name would be Buteo lagopus.

The Red-tailed Hawk is a bird of prey; a raptor. It belongs to the buteo genus like the Red-shouldered Hawk and the Rough-legged Hawk. It is also called a "buzzard hawk". The taxonomy description of this hawk is: * Kingdom: Animalia * Phylum: Chordata * Class: Aves * Order: Accipitriformes * Family: Accipitridae * Genus: Buteo * Species: Buteo jamaicensis (Red-tailed Hawk)

Keith L. Bildstein has written:

'Behavioral ecology of red-tailed hawks (Buteo jamaicensis), rough-legged hawks (Buteo lagopus), northern harriers (Circus cyaneus), and American kestrels (Falco sparverius) in south central Ohio' -- subject(s): American kestrel, Behavior, Circus cyaneus, Falconiformes, Red-tailed hawk

'Migrating Raptors of the World'

The red tailed hawk is a "Buteo", a family of mainly large, robust, rodent eating hawks, and is related to other members of this group. Ohers are the red shouldered hawk, broad winged hawk, Swainson's hawk, rough legged hawk, ferruginous hawk, Short tailed hawk, Harris' hawk.