Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)
Zone-tailed Hawk (Buteo albonotatus) - HBW 2, p. 183
French: Buse à queue barrée
German: Mohrenbussard
Spanish: Busardo Aura
Taxonomy: Buteo albonotatus Kaup (ex G. R. Gray), 1847, Mexico.
Populations from E Panama and South America sometimes awarded separate race, abbreviatus, but not generally accepted. Monotypic.
Distribution: Range disjunct or incompletely known: NW & NC Mexico (from Baja California) and adjacent USA, S through Yucatán (not recorded in Belize) and Guatemala (including W highlands) to Panama, including Pearl Is. In South America, distribution incompletely encircles Amazon Basin: W Ecuador; C Peru, near Lima; N Colombia (Sta Marta Mts to Magdalena) E through N & SE Venezuela to the Guianas and Trinidad; N, E & SE Brazil (from Amazon Delta and I de Marajó, S and E through Ceará, Pernambuco, Alagoas and Bahia to Paraná) W through Paraguay to N & E Bolivia (Beni, Santa Cruz).
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A juvenile bird stretching its wind and leg, perched on a branch Locality Emas National Park, Goiás State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 11 January 2005 5 years ago 48 sec 4.1 -
A juvenile bird standing and preening on a high branch Locality Emas National Park, Goiás State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 11 January 2005 5 years ago 51 sec 3.6 -
soaring in circles Locality Los Tarrales Private Reserve, Suchitepéquez Department, Guatemala (Monotypic species)
Juan Sanabria 1 October 2012 10 weeks ago 24 sec 3.5 -
A soaring bird flying with Turkey Vultures to confuse possible prey Locality Rio Lagartos, Yucatán State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 29 September 2006 5 years ago 32 sec 3.5 -
An adult at it's nest. First breeding record for Suriname! Locality Weg naar Zee, Paramaribo, Paramaribo District, Suriname (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 19 February 2011 1 year ago 27 sec 3.3 -
An adult in it's nest, and then the view of the large tree used. First breeding record for Suriname! Locality Weg naar Zee, Paramaribo, Paramaribo District, Suriname (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 19 February 2011 1 year ago 31 sec 3.3 -
A soaring bird. Locality Murici Reserve, Alagoas State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 9 October 2008 3 years ago 32 sec 3.3 -
An adult perched on a branch and flying away Locality Pax Guest House, Tunapuna, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago (Monotypic species)
Peter Fraser 19 July 2001 7 years ago 23 sec 3.2 -
A close-up of a bird perched. Locality ZooMAT, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 March 2009 3 years ago 25 sec 2.7 -
A bird soaring. Locality Serra de Baturité, Ceará State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 2 October 2008 3 years ago 31 sec 2
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