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Buteo albonotatus

Zone-tailed Hawk


Buteo albonotatus

Kaup, JJ, 1847
Aguilucho Negro
Gavião-de-rabo-barrado
Family: Accipitridae
Order: Accipitriformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern


Description


Description: Black, with 2 visible white bands on the tail; gray wing feathers barred with whitish. The juvenile has white streaks on the ventral side.

Geographic Distribution within Argentina: Salta, Jujuy, Formosa, Tucumán, Chaco, Santiago del Estero, northern Santa Fe, Corrientes, and Misiones.

Similar in appearance and flight to the Red-headed Vulture (Cathartes aura) and the Swallow-tailed Kite (Circus buffoni).
A species of recent appearance in Argentina.

Author of this description: Jorge La Grotteria

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Photography ID: 290874
  Adult
Isla Barú
Bolívar
Colombia
09/21/2018
Héctor Bernardo Fernández



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
124538021/09/2018ColombiaBolívarIsla BarúHéctor Bernardo Fernández
80985308/09/2018BrazilAlagoasQuilombo dos Palmares, União dos PalmaresEduardo Jorge Cavalcante Vieira
77936715/07/2018ArgentinaJujuyParque Nacional CalileguaFacundo Rosati
216225306/04/2018ArgentinaJujuyLas lajitasMaria Belén Dri
74775606/04/2018ArgentinaJujuyRuta 34 entre San Pedro y Fraile Pintado1Gonzalo Diaz
186934302/04/2018ArgentinaFormosaCampo De Brigada, Laishi1Fabricio Candia
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Related bibliography


Artículo Chebez, J. C. 2009. Otros que se van. Fauna Argentina Amenazada. 552 págs. Albatros. Buenos Aires.

Artículo Narosky, T. y D. Yzurieta. 2010. Aves de Argentina y Uruguay – Birds of Argentina & Uruguay: Guía de Identificación Edición Total – A Field Guide Total Edition. 16a ed. 427 págs. Vázquez Mazzini Editores. Buenos Aires. Argentina.

Artículo Rodríguez Mata, J., F. Erize. Y M. Rumboll. 2006. Guía de campo Collins, Aves de Sudamérica, No Passeriformes. Letemendia Casa Editora. Harper Collins Publishers. 384 págs. Buenos Aires, Argentina.



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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Zone-tailed Hawk (Buteo albonotatus) – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 25/09/2026.