red-tailed hawk

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun A hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) of North and Central America that feeds primarily on rodents and has a conspicuous reddish-brown tail.

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• noun A medium-sized bird of prey found throughout North America.

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• noun dark brown American hawk species having a reddish-brown tail