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Riley being from the states means a Red tail would be her go to, I really love these pics, might have to get a falconry com for all my OC's.
Fun fact, Red tails are actually from the buzzard sub family, not the hawk sub family, they're a member of the Buteo genus which literally translates to "Buzzard".
crazyfoxlady Riley being from the states means a Red tail would be her go to, I really love these pics, might have to get a falconry com for all my OC's.
Fun fact, Red tails are actually from the buzzard sub family, not the hawk sub family, they're a member of the Buteo genus which literally translates to "Buzzard".
Category All / All
Species Coyote
Size 2000 x 1842px
File Size 4.66 MB
Hi! Great art!
As a raptor nerd, I'd like to note that in the New World, at least in English as it's generally practiced over here, "Buzzard" as a term is used effectively as slang for "Vulture"! So the Buteo family gets called "hawks" as a general rule because naming of species, particularly birds, in the Americas is sticky (particularly the number of ones named for people that were DEFINITELY not the people to discover them). So yes, while "red tailed buzzard" is more scientifically correct, most of the people in the US and Canada will think "Turkey vulture" if you say that.
As a raptor nerd, I'd like to note that in the New World, at least in English as it's generally practiced over here, "Buzzard" as a term is used effectively as slang for "Vulture"! So the Buteo family gets called "hawks" as a general rule because naming of species, particularly birds, in the Americas is sticky (particularly the number of ones named for people that were DEFINITELY not the people to discover them). So yes, while "red tailed buzzard" is more scientifically correct, most of the people in the US and Canada will think "Turkey vulture" if you say that.
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