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Buteo lineatus
Red-shouldered Hawk
Shenandoah National Park
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Uncommon

Scientific Name with Authority:		Buteo lineatus (J. F. Gmelin, 1788)
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		Red-shouldered Hawk
Park Synonyms:		Buteo lineatus lineatus

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Vertebrata, Order Accipitriformes, Family Accipitridae, Genus Buteo, Species Buteo lineatus


Seasonality Tags:
Breeder


Park Tags:
Habitat - Mesic forest
Habitat - Xeric forest
Season - All Year


Threatened/Endangered Status:		SC
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		VA: S4
Evidence:		0 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 9 Data Store References, 0 External Links


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Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site	Amistad National Recreation Area
Anacostia Park	Antietam National Battlefield
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore	Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
Arkansas Post National Memorial	Baltimore-Washington National Parkway
Big Bend National Park	Big Cypress National Preserve
Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area	Big Thicket National Preserve
Biscayne National Park	Blue Ridge Parkway
Bluestone National Scenic River	Booker T. Washington National Monument
Buffalo National River	Cabrillo National Monument
Canaveral National Seashore	Cape Cod National Seashore
Cape Hatteras National Seashore	Cape Lookout National Seashore
Carlsbad Caverns National Park	Castillo De San Marcos National Monument
Catoctin Mountain Park	Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park	Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
Chickasaw National Recreation Area	Colonial National Historical Park
Congaree National Park	Cowpens National Battlefield
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park	Cumberland Island National Seashore
Cuyahoga Valley National Park	Death Valley National Park
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area	Dry Tortugas National Park
Effigy Mounds National Monument	Eisenhower National Historic Site
Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site	Everglades National Park
Fire Island National Seashore	First State National Historical Park
Fort Caroline National Memorial	Fort Circle Parks
Fort Donelson National Battlefield	Fort Frederica National Monument
Fort Matanzas National Monument	Fort Necessity National Battlefield
Fort Point National Historic Site	Fort Pulaski National Monument
Fort Sumter National Historical Park	Fort Washington Park
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park	Friendship Hill National Historic Site
Gateway National Recreation Area	Gauley River National Recreation Area
George Washington Birthplace National Monument	George Washington Carver National Monument
George Washington Memorial Parkway	Gettysburg National Military Park
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area	Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Grand Canyon National Park	Great Basin National Park
Great Falls Park	Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Greenbelt Park	Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
Gulf Islands National Seashore	Harmony Hall
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park	Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site	Horseshoe Bend National Military Park
Hot Springs National Park	Indiana Dunes National Park
Isle Royale National Park	Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
John Muir National Historic Site	Johnstown Flood National Memorial
Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument	Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park	Kings Mountain National Military Park
Lake Mead National Recreation Area	Lassen Volcanic National Park
Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial	Little River Canyon National Preserve
Mammoth Cave National Park	Manassas National Battlefield Park
Manzanar National Historic Site	Minute Man National Historical Park
Mississippi National River and Recreation Areas	Monocacy National Battlefield
Moores Creek National Battlefield	Morristown National Historical Park
Muir Woods National Monument	Natchez Trace Parkway
National Capital Parks	National Capital Parks-East
National Mall and Memorial Parks	New River Gorge National Park and Preserve
Ninety Six National Historic Site	Obed Wild and Scenic River
Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park	Oxon Cove Park and Oxon Hill Run
Oxon Run National Parkway	Ozark National Scenic Riverways
Padre Island National Seashore	Petersburg National Battlefield
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore	Pinnacles National Park
Piscataway Park	Point Reyes National Seashore
Presidio of San Francisco	Prince William Forest Park
Redwood National Park	Richmond National Battlefield Park
Rock Creek Park	Russell Cave National Monument
Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway	San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area	Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
Shiloh National Military Park	Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Stones River National Battlefield	Suitland Parkway
Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial	Thomas Stone National Historic Site
Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve	Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument
Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River	Valley Forge National Historical Park
Vicksburg National Military Park	Weir Farm National Historical Park
Whiskeytown National Recreation Area	Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
Yellowstone National Park	Yosemite National Park
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Last Modified Date:	2/3/2015

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 9/26/2025 4:19:52 AM

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NatureServe. 2017. NatureServe Web Service. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Available http://services.natureserve.org. Accessed: 12/4/2017. Updated quarterly.

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