Red-shouldered Hawk

Buteo lineatus
Order: Falconiformes
Family: Accipitridae

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General Description

North American Range

Expanding northward from Oregon. Rare in winter in lowlands in southwestern Washington; annual for the last decade at Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge (Clark County); probably increasing elsewhere along lower Columbia River. Scattered recent records both north and east from there.

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Abundance

C=Common; F=Fairly Common; U=Uncommon; R=Rare; I=Irregular
Ecoregion	Jan	Feb	Mar	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Oceanic
Pacific Northwest Coast
Puget Trough	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
North Cascades
West Cascades
East Cascades
Okanogan
Canadian Rockies
Blue Mountains
Columbia Plateau