Kites, Old World Vultures, Eagles, and Hawks
Zone-tailed Hawk
Buteo albonotatus
LCLeast Concern
- Family
- Kites, Old World Vultures, Eagles, and Hawks (Accipitridae)
- Order
- Accipitriformes
Overview
The zone-tailed hawk (Buteo albonotatus) is a medium-sized hawk of warm, dry parts of the Americas. It is somewhat similar in plumage and flight style to a common scavenger, the turkey vulture, and may benefit from being able to blend into groups of vultures. It feeds on small terrestrial tetrapods of all kinds.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Range and habitat
Arid southwestern USA to northern Bolivia, Paraguay, and Brazil.
Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: Zone-tailed hawk
- eBird: sightings, maps and photos
- xeno-canto: sound recordings
- Birds of the World: full species account (subscription)
- BirdLife DataZone: status and threats
- IUCN Red List (threat status)
- AviList global checklist (taxonomy)
Last updated September 29, 2026.
