The Cuban red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis solitudinus ) is a subspecies of red-tailed hawk native to the Bahamas, Florida and Cuba.
Oviparous animals are female animals that lay their eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother. This is the reproductive...
Altricial animals are those species whose newly hatched or born young are relatively immobile. They lack hair or down, are not able to obtain food ...
Soaring birds can maintain flight without wing flapping, using rising air currents. Many gliding birds are able to "lock" their extended wings by m...
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starts withThis subspecies is fairly small, intermediate in size between the Florida red-tailed hawk (B. j. umbrinus ) and the nominate subspecies, the Jamaican red-tailed hawk (B. j. jamaicensis ), found on islands to the north and south. The wing chord of males can range from 357 to 383 mm (14.1 to 15.1 in), averaging 370 mm (15 in), and, in females, it ranges from 397 to 412 mm (15.6 to 16.2 in), averaging 405.4 mm (15.96 in). Males and females average 221.2 and 251.8 mm (8.71 and 9.91 in) in tail length, 88.5 and 88.3 mm (3.48 and 3.48 in) in tarsal length and 27.2 and 29.8 mm (1.07 and 1.17 in) in culmen length.