Zone-tailed Hawk
Buteo albonotatus
The zone-tailed hawk 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.
- Scientific name
- Buteo albonotatus
- Family
- Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- IUCN status
- LC