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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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Foto
Photography ID: 669543
  Adult
Paripueira
Alagoas
Brazil
01/24/2026
Eduardo Jorge Cavalcante Vieira
Foto
Photography ID: 538181
  Juvenile
Buíque
Pernambuco
Brazil
06/11/2023
Eduardo Jorge Cavalcante Vieira
Foto
Photography ID: 507875
  Adult
Praia Itacarezinho
Bahia
Brazil
08/03/2022
Glauco Oliveira
Foto
Photography ID: 335395
  Adult
Maceio
Alagoas
Brazil
05/31/2019
Eduardo Jorge Cavalcante Vieira
Foto
Photography ID: 188983
  Adult
Itaparica (municipio)
Bahia
Brazil
01/11/2017
Jorge La Grotteria
Foto
Photography ID: 188982
  Adult
Itaparica (municipio)
Bahia
Brazil
01/11/2017
Jorge La Grotteria
Foto
Photography ID: 130128
  Adult
Porto velho
Rondônia
Brazil
09/27/2015
Jonas Kilpp



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Page 1
Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
242106724/01/2026BrazilAlagoasParipueiraEduardo Jorge Cavalcante Vieira
228127426/01/2025BrazilAlagoasSerra do Goiti, Palmeira dos ÍndiosEduardo Jorge Cavalcante Vieira
177835911/06/2023BrazilPernambucoParque Nacional do Catimbau, BuíqueEduardo Jorge Cavalcante Vieira
164039703/08/2022BrazilBahiaPraia ItacarezinhoGlauco Oliveira
139594121/04/2021BrazilAlagoasUnião dos PalmaresEduardo Jorge Cavalcante Vieira
92950831/05/2019BrazilAlagoasParque Municipal de Maceió, MaceioEduardo Jorge Cavalcante Vieira
80985308/09/2018BrazilAlagoasQuilombo dos Palmares, União dos PalmaresEduardo Jorge Cavalcante Vieira
105979209/11/2017BrazilBahiaPorto Seguro--RPPN Estação Veracel1Julian Quillen Vidoz
105979005/11/2017BrazilBahiaPN de Boa Nova--Serra do Timorante1Julian Quillen Vidoz
105979302/11/2017BrazilBahiaPousada Casa de Geleia1Julian Quillen Vidoz
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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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Recommended citation
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 28/09/2026.