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Zone-tailed Hawk
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Birds of prey & vultures

Zone-tailed Hawk

Buteo albonotatus Kaup, 1847

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishZone-tailed Hawk
DutchBandstaartbuizerd
SpanishAguililla aura
Chinese斑尾𫛭
Sranan Tongoaka (general name for the group)
Scientific nameButeo albonotatus Kaup, 1847

About this species

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.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderAccipitriformes
FamilyAccipitridae
GenusButeo

In Suriname

137Records in Suriname
5iNaturalist observations
1905First record
2026Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Paramaribo79
  • Commewijne18
  • Brokopondo14
  • Nickerie7
  • Para7
  • Coronie3
  • Saramacca2
  • Sipaliwini2
  • Wanica1
  • Marowijne1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

Sources & credits

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