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Zone-tailed hawk

Buteo albonotatus Kaup, 1847

LCLeast Concernbirds of prey

The zone-tailed hawk (Buteo albonotatus) is a species in the family Accipitridae, order Accipitriformes. Recorded adults weigh 628 g to 890 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Zone-tailed hawk (Buteo albonotatus)
Photo: Stolz, Gary M · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the zone-tailed hawk

Weight
628 g – 890 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Wingspan
1.17 m – 1.4 msrc for Wingspan
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Carnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
35 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
2src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Aerialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the zone-tailed hawk?

ZONE-TAILED HAWK · WINGSPAN 1.4 MADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 1.4 m, the recorded maximum wingspan of the zone-tailed hawk is about 82% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the zone-tailed hawk live?

Not recorded

What is the zone-tailed hawk?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

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.

From the Wikipedia article “Zone-tailed hawk” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zone-tailed_hawk&oldid=1350706445), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the zone-tailed hawk endangered?

The zone-tailed hawk is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the zone-tailed hawk classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderAccipitriformes
  5. familyAccipitridae
  6. genusButeo
  7. SpeciesButeo albonotatus Kaup, 1847

Synonyms Buteo abbreviatus, Buteo albonotatus, Buteo albonotatus abbreviatus, Buteo albonotatus albonotatus

Other names and names in other languages (32)
  • aligot de cua barradaCatalan
  • káně černáCzech
  • bwncath cynffonresogWelsh
  • Båndhalet VågeDanish
  • RußbussardGerman
  • MohrenbussardGerman
  • strivosta buteoEsperanto
  • Busardo auraSpanish
  • Aguililla auraSpanish
  • Aguilucho negroSpanish
  • mustviuEstonian
  • sirohiirihaukkaFinnish
  • Buse à queue barréeFrench
  • dugorepi škanjacCroatian
  • szalagos ölyvHungarian
  • Poiana codafasciataItalian
  • オビオノスリJapanese
  • balinis suopisLithuanian
  • tumšais klijānsLatvian
  • BandstaartbuizerdDutch
  • båndhalevåkNorwegian
  • myszołów czarnyPolish
  • gavião-urubuPortuguese
  • bútio-de-cauda-barradaPortuguese
  • Болотный канюкRussian
  • myšiak tmavýSlovak
  • Prugastorepi mišarSerbian
  • bandstjärtad vråkSwedish
  • Akbaba ŞahiniTurkish
  • канюк строкатохвостийUkrainian
  • 帶尾鵟Chinese
  • 斑尾鵟Chinese

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Relatives of the zone-tailed hawk

Other species in the same genus Buteo.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the zone-tailed hawk?

An adult zone-tailed hawk weighs 628 g – 890 g and has a wingspan of 1.17 m – 1.4 m, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the zone-tailed hawk endangered?

The zone-tailed hawk is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the zone-tailed hawk?

The zone-tailed hawk (Buteo albonotatus) belongs to the family Accipitridae in the order Accipitriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Zone-tailed hawk (Buteo albonotatus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/zone-tailed-hawk

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BibTeX
@misc{zone_tailed_hawk_2026,
  title = {Zone-tailed hawk (Buteo albonotatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/zone-tailed-hawk},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}