Buteo lineatus
- 54.7 × 43.9 mm
- Clutch: 2–5 eggs
Breeds in Canada, United States, Mexico
Dull white or faint bluish with brown blotches and markings.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 50 eggs: Bent, A. C. 1937. Life histories of North American birds of prey, part 1. U.S. National Museum Bulletin 167, pp. 187–188 (scan leaves 199–200).
Agrees with: Bent, A. C. 1937. Life histories of North American birds of prey, part 1. U.S. National Museum Bulletin 167 — Florida and Texas races, scan leaves 214, 223. - Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Red-shouldered Hawk, Life History.
Drawing checked against a photo: Bird Eggs of Canada photo (Royal Alberta Museum). - Clutch
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds.
- Shape
- Drawn from the length and width, with the taper estimated from the typical eggs of its group (how these eggs are drawn).
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