Red Tailed Hawk

"Buteo Jamaicensis"

By: PF

Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Genus And Species | Order | Family

 Fun Facts | Art And Poetry | Works Cited

Kingdom: Anamalia

Characteristics That Place it Here

• Multicellular
• Heterotroph
• Sexual Reproduction
• Ingest and Digest Food
• Animalia Cells Contain no Cell Wall
• Cells Make Up Tissues That Carry Out Special Activities

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Phylum: Chordata

Characteristics That Place it Here

• Contain A Rod That Stiffens and Supports The Body During Locomotion
• Contain a Heart, With Dorsal And Ventral Blood Vessels And A Closed Blood System
• Complete Digestive System
• Endoskeleton Made of Cartalidge or Bone
• One Hollow Nerve Chord That Ends at the Brain
• Segmented Body With Segmented Muscles

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Class: Aves

Characteristics That Place it Here

• Horny Beak, No Teeth
• Large Muscular Stomach
• Feathers
• Vertabrae
• Strong Skeleton

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Order: Falconiforms

Characteristics That Place it Here

• Birds of Prey that Hunt During the Day

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Family: Accipitridae

 Characteristics That Place it Here

• Eagles, Kites, and Hawks

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Genius and Species: Buteo, Buteo Jamaicensis  

Characteristics That Place it Here

• Genus-Buteonine Hawks
• Species-Red Tailed Hawk

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Fun Facts

• Length: 18-26 inches Wingspan: 48 inches

  Short, dark, hooked beak

   

 Art And poetry

Huge wing span Attacks ferociously  Wild and free Kills without mercy

Works Cited

Arnold, Delena. "Buteo jamaicensis (red tailed hawk)." Feb 2002. University of Michigan . 11 Feb 2004. <http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Buteo_jamaicensis.html>.

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