Zone-tailed Hawk (Buteo albonotatus)

Scott H. Stoleson; Giancarlo Sadoti

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Zone-tailed Hawk (Buteo albonotatus)

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Scott H. Stoleson, Giancarlo Sadoti

Year:

2010

Type:

Miscellaneous Publication

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

In: Cartron, Jean-Luc, ed. Raptors of New Mexico. Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press. p. 297-313.

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Abstract

The Zone-tailed Hawk (Buteo albonotatus) might well be dubbed "the Great Pretender" because it so closely resembles the ubiquitous Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) in appearance and behavior as to be frequently mistaken for it. In the border regions where it lives, it may be confused as well with another "Mexican" raptor, the Common Black-Hawk (Buteogallus anthracinus). In fact, a nesting pair of hawks in Harding County was initially reported as the northern-most breeding record for Common Black-Hawk, but subsequently identified correctly as Zone-tailed Hawk (Bohl and Traylor 1958).

Keywords

Zone-tailed Hawk, Buteo albonotatus, raptors, New Mexico

Citation

Stoleson, Scott H.; Sadoti, Giancarlo. 2010. Zone-tailed Hawk (Buteo albonotatus). In: Cartron, Jean-Luc, ed. Raptors of New Mexico. Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press. p. 297-313.