Birds of Guyana


Zone-tailed Hawk (Buteo albonotatus) Arizona, United States
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Zone-tailed Hawk (Buteo albonotatus) Lagunillas, Guerrero, Mexico
Photograph by Stephen J. Davies © All Rights Reserved.

A black hawk that may confuse prey by looking similar to a Black Vulture.


Short-tailed Hawk (Buteo brachyurus) Male
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Short-tailed Hawk (Buteo brachyurus fuliginosus) Female Dark morph.
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Grey-lined Hawk (Buteo nitidus pallidus) Brazil
Photograph by João Sérgio Barros F. de Souza © All Rights Reserved.


Grey-lined Hawk (Buteo nitidus nitidus) Immature French Guiana
Photograph by Michel GIRAUD-AUDINE © All Rights Reserved.


Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) Minca, Magdalena, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Northern migrant. A medium-sized hawk that is relatively common and often returns yearly to the same spot. Broad-winged hawks migrate in 'kettles' of many hundreds, sometimes with Turkey Vultures or Swainson's Hawks. Immatures have drop shaped vertical spotting, while adults are barred horizontally.
From below.
Perched, from back.
Immature.