Buteo lineatus sunan kimiyya ne na jinsin tsuntsu wanda aka fi sani da "Red-shouldered Hawk." Buteo shine jinsin shaho, kuma lineatus kalma ce ta Latin da ke ma'anar "layi" ko "raguwa." Saboda haka, sunan Buteo lineatus yana nufin nau'in ratsan fikafikan fikafikan tsuntsu.
