☆The red-tailed hawk is one of the most widespread species in North America. It is sometimes a ‘chicken hawk’,because it preys on chickens in a farm yard. Its prey ranges from small mammals to chickens.
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With the loss of their natural habitat, more wildlife is entering urban settings. Some of this wildlife are predators of poultry. Common predators that feed on poultry flocks include the following mammals, reptiles, and birds:
Dogs and coyotes
Bobcats
House cats
Foxes, especially red foxes
Raccoons
Members of the weasel family, especially the least and long-tailed weasels
Skunks
Opossums
Snakes, especially rat snakes
Hawks, including Red-tailed, Red-shouldered, and Cooper’s hawks
Owls, Most commonly great horned owls
The red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) is a bird of prey that breeds throughout most of North America, from the interior of Alaska and northern Canada to as far south as Panama and the West Indies. It is one of the most common members within the genus of Buteo in North America or worldwide.The red-tailed hawk is one of three species colloquially known in the United States as the "chickenhawk", though it rarely preys on standard-sized chickens.The bird is sometimes also referred to as the red-tail for short, when the meaning is clear in context. Red-tailed hawks can acclimate to all the biomes within their range, occurring on the edges of non-ideal habitats such as dense forests and sandy deserts.The red-tailed hawk occupies a wide range of habitats and altitudes including deserts, grasslands, coniferous and deciduous forests, agricultural fields and urban areas. Its latitudinal limits fall around the tree line in the Arctic and the species is absent from the high Arctic. It is legally protected in Canada, Mexico, and the United States by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.